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 local mother says the hospital bumped her son to the inactive waitlist because he has not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Taxpayers will fund a $345,000 contract with a two-person political campaign firm with ties to local and national Democrats to conduct vaccine outreach and address “vaccine hesitancy” in Fort Bend County.
County Judge Glen Whitley supports a $50 payment to incentivize Tarrant County residents to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, but other commissioners aren’t so sure.
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Houston’s city council approved a vaccine incentive program proposed by the mayor over objections from a council member that the program was unfair to those already vaccinated.
