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Just over a week after requesting a trade, Chicago Bears safety Chris Harris was released on Thursday. Read More »
Harris County's proposed plan to redraw Commissioners Court boundaries illegally erodes Latino voting power in the county's southeast precinct and must be amended, Hispanic leaders said at two public hearings this week. Read More »
It took a whistleblower and two audits for officials to realize they blindly had approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel expenses. Read More »
Port of Houston officials have provided requested information on schedule, but seem suspicious of a county probe into their compliance with state laws, the County Attorney's Office said. Read More »
Harris County Commissioners Court today will consider a proposal to study privatizing Harris County Jail, the state's largest lockup with nearly 10,000 inmates. Read More »
Harris County health care providers would lose more than $2 billion in Medicaid funding under the Texas House budget that passed Sunday night, according to an Austin think tank. Read More »
Jury selection begins this morning in the trial of Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole, who stands accused of accepting bribes from a friend and developer to whom he allegedly steered county contracts and appointments. Read More »
Last week's Census figures showed that Harris County grew dramatically during the past decade, but not fast enough to warrant adding a new state legislative district. The county, in fact, likely will lose one. Read More »
New York Jets linebacker David Harris signed his franchise tender Wednesday night, becoming the third player to do so in the past 24 hours, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Read More »
Two pictures emerge when looking at Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos two years after her election. Read More »
About 300,000 voters are expected at the polls today amid rain, an army of poll watchers, federal and state election monitors and banks of machines borrowed from other counties. Read More »
As polls closed Friday before Tuesday's general election, as many as 450,000 people are expected to have cast their ballots early or by mail. Read More »
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan expects to meet this morning with the county's Democratic and Republican chairmen after receiving complaints of possible voter intimidation on the first day of early voting on Monday. The complaints came from predominantly minority precincts. Read More »
After four days of early voting, numbers are up sharply, prompting analysts to suggest that Texans are getting used to the convenience, are enthusiastic about their candidates or both. Read More »
The panel charged with selecting Harris County's first chief public defender intends to put a candidate on the next Commissioners Court agenda for action on Nov. 9. Read More »
In the Houston area, allegations include poll watchers intimidating voters and of poll watchers themselves being harassed. Read More »
Harris County voters in November will face the longest ballot in recent memory. Read More »
Three candidates are vying to replace Beverly Kaufman, who is retiring as Harris County clerk after 16 years. Read More »
For the second time in as many years, the Texas Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County tax assessor-collector, accusing the Republican-led voter registration office with illegally rejecting voter applications and with sharing information with political allies that it did not share with Democrats last year. Read More »
A pre-dawn fire on Friday destroyed the building that housed all 10,000 of the county’s voting machines. Read More »
A potential criminal justice price war could benefit local taxpayers as counties across Texas look to fill empty jail cells and at least two members of Commissioners Court look for a better deal to lock up Harris County's inmate overflow. Read More »
Challenger Don Sumners says he'll fight tax increases harder. Appointed incumbent Leo Vasquez says he'll fight smarter. Read More »
The Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner could be pitted against a term-limited councilwoman and, perhaps, his own tarnished reputation. Read More »
A lawsuit originally accused former county Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt of illegally blocking the registration of thousands of voters. Read More »
Early voting begins today for Houston's mayor, City Council and controller, 11 proposed state constitutional amendments, Bellaire municipal offices, community college and public school boards and more. Read More »

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