Today Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates running for office, announced they were endorsing Mario Castillo in a Houston city council election. Castillo is running in District H, and previously served as the Chief...
This afternoon Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she has been taking a leave of absence from her position to seek treatment for depression. The Houston Chronicle broke the news about Hidalgo, who has been at an inpatient facility since July. Throughout her...
RISE Houston is a new grassroots coalition whose goal is to stop police violence and demand that local tax dollars be spent on community programs that make Houstonians safe.
In November 2021, when he declared his intention to run for Mayor of Houston publicly for the first time, Texas State Senator John Whitmire immediately made himself the frontrunner in the race to replace term-limited Mayor Sylvester Turner, whose ascent from the Texas...
When Sheila Jackson Lee recently joined the Houston Mayor’s race, speculation was rampant about how her entrance into the race could upend the prospects of fellow candidates like Senator John Whitmire, former Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins and former Houston City...
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On Wednesday, the Texas Education Agency officially announced they were taking over Houston ISD. The threat had been omnipresent for years, but in the past few weeks the drumbeat of a potential takeover of the state’s largest school district became deafening. The TEA...
Last month the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new slate of appointments to the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), a panel that advises on several critical environmental issues. Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee is one of two Texans...
In a historic win, Harris County Commissioner-Elect Lesley Briones defeated Republican incumbent Jack Cagle, making her the first woman and Latina to be elected as Precinct 4 County Commissioner. According to the latest voting count by the county elections,...