At a press conference with elected officials, Crime Stoppers of Houston showed that violent crime, especially towards children, has risen significantly.
County Judge Lina Hidalgo says the program will use federal ARPA funds to provide childcare for 1,000 children for three years.
The commissioners courts in two of the most populous counties in the state passed resolutions asking for the governor to call a special session to address gun violence in schools.
Under indictment on two felony charges, Alex Triantaphyllis says District Attorney Kim Ogg is too biased to prosecute his case.
The West Point graduate and former Army captain ran away with more than 75 percent of the vote from a heated Republican runoff campaign.
Prosecutors allege Hidalgo’s chief of staff violated felony bond conditions, but a lack of court documents has led to a dispute over permitted activities.
While the candidates have differentiated on some policy issues, arguments about electability and an attempt to discredit a candidate’s grandfather have backfired in the increasingly heated contest.
Judge Natalia Cornelio had worked with one of the defendants and accepted campaign donations from the owner of Elevate Strategies as well as Hidalgo’s legal counsel and criminal defense attorney.
Even after Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she would cancel a controversial $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract, the county continued to pay advances to Elevate Strategies.
The cases of three indicted Hidalgo staffers have been assigned to a judge who took campaign donations from the owner of Elevate Strategies, as well as Hidalgo’s legal counsel and criminal defense attorney.
The Harris County indictments stem from controversy around a $11 million vaccine outreach contract awarded to a well-connected Democrat.
A procedural error brought a county’s election commission meeting to a halt while a GOP lawsuit seeks state oversight for upcoming elections.
