Harris County election officials are still counting ballots Wednesday morning for the Tuesday Primary Election. Despite the Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott saying officials will not finish counting ballots by the deadline, Harris County Elections Administrator...
Late Thursday evening, the Houston Police Department released bodycam footage of their violent gunfire, which left 27-year-old Charion Lockett dead in the hallway of his home on Feb. 7. But his family and attorneys are saying his death was preventable, and Lockett was...
The Texas Democrat Party and Harris County Democrats are calling for the resignation of Harris County Precinct Chair Carla Richburg after her racist and controversial proposed resolutions for 2022. “We call on the Harris County GOP to immediately remove Carla...
Harris County has a slow-burning eviction crisis created by a lack of affordable housing, stagnant wages, and scant protection for the most vulnerable tenants. Even before the pandemic, eviction was the leading cause of housing loss in Harris County, with 111,038...
Henry, a Cy-Fair ISD board member, spoke out against hiring Black teachers at a Monday board meeting. "Cy-Fair has what? 13 percent black teachers?" Henry can be heard saying in a video. "Houston ISD is 36 percent. Their dropout rate is 4 percent. I don’t...
In a 3-2 vote, Harris County Commissioner’s Court voted to adopt the Fair Chance Policy, also known as “ban the box” for Harris County government job applications. This policy specifically removes the question of criminal history in the initial hiring process so...
Houstonians may not be familiar with Ben Chou, a Democratic candidate running for Harris County Commissioners Court, but plenty are familiar with his work. Gov. Greg Abbott and many of Texas’ top Republicans are familiar with it too; they made it illegal this past...
Eight people died Friday night in NRG Park after a densely packed crowd surged the stage crushing concert goers at Houston Native Travis Scott’s famous Astroworld music festival. According to reports, the families have identified the victims killed in the event whose...
Tensions between Harris County officials continue to grow after Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis introduced a redistricting map that would alter the shapes of the two conservative leading precincts in the county. The proposed map by Ellis draws a U-shaped...