A Harris County plan will “sell” toll roads to a newly created government corporation and allow toll road revenues to be spent on unrelated projects.
The Secretary of State gave Harris County a Monday deadline to halt plans to send mail-in ballot applications to all voters, calling the plan an abuse of voters' rights.
In the ongoing legal battle between Houston and the General Land Office over Hurricane Harvey relief, the Texas Supreme Court granted a stay in favor of the state today.
Despite passing a resolution to use the disaster declaration loophole, the commissioners court has announced it will pursue the no-new-revenue property tax rate.
Three years after Hurricane Harvey, lawmakers tell courts Houston has failed to assist homeowners promptly and urges a judge to allow the General Land Office to manage recovery funds.
Harris County's judge issued new county-determined benchmarks for school openings, but other elected officials say Hidalgo is using incorrect metrics to justify restrictions.
Due to tax revenue shortfalls caused by the pandemic and government shutdowns, a number of localities are looking to raise property taxes above the rate set by the legislature.
The use of personal recognizance bonds for violent offenders, which has led to over 50 deaths in Harris County, became a flash-point in a commissioners court meeting.
Requests from Texas House Public Education Chair Dan Huberty for consultation with school districts and exceptions for vulnerable students and outdoor activities were rejected in county orders.
While Mayor Turner and Judge Hidalgo call for another Houston area lockdown, Sens. Bettencourt and Creighton say containment measures are working and further economic harm is not necessary.
While the Texas Municipal League asserts localities are exempt from the new limits, state leaders maintain the opposite and are applying pressure to prevent increases in the first place.
With tax revenues declining, cities and counties may look to raise property taxes above the 3.5 percent threshold instituted by SB 2 thanks to a loophole in the law.
A two-year investigation uncovered an alleged ballot harvesting scheme in which people with prior forgery convictions picked up batches of mail-in ballots and a number of voted ballots were marked identically.
An advisory from Attorney General Ken Paxton says only those who have contracted coronavirus would be eligible to use mail-in ballots.
Here's a look at the battle between state and local officials over whether to release inmates from Harris County jails in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
After a Travis County district court tried to block Governor Abbott's order stopping the release of violent suspects, the Texas Supreme Court issued a stay.
Harris County processed and released some "non-violent" felony suspects as local and state officials continue to spar over the move.
The final text of the new "stay at home" order emerged hours after it was announced on Tuesday, leaving business owners and some public officials confused and on edge.
National media outlets were quick to seize on Hervis Rogers' story about his hours-long wait-time in Harris County on Tuesday night. New information shows he was ineligible to vote under Texas law.
On the first day of early voting, onsite poll workers in Harris County did not have updated voter registration information and some registered voters were left out of the available database.
