The Harris County health department said Thursday it’s investigating a reported measles case in a child with no travel history, which would make it the first case in the Houston area this year that is not associated with international travel.
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
Almost five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Houston's annual rodeo. Now, as vaccination rates have since declined in the region and across the state, a measles outbreak is budding in Texas as this year’s rodeo is set to start.
@WrenArcher@beige.partyA spaghetti bowl in Houston, lunch specials - Peaches!, a passenger princess selfie and #SilentSunday submission of the sky on fire. Sunset in west #HarrisCounty Texas
After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.
Harris County breaks 2020 record for first week of early voting
Proposition A would increase the Harris County Flood Control District's property tax rate by 1.8 cents per $100 compared to FY24. Despite sounding like a small amount, this would increase the rate by 57% over all.
Attorney General Ken Paxton is threatening to sue counties that send out voter registration applications to people who haven’t specifically requested them.
Harris County, TX is sending out notes on the location of Disaster Recovery Centers and Business Recovery Centers, available on this map.
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TxDOT is taking control of the toll lanes on the Harris County portion of State Highway 288, which will come at a $1.7 billion up-front cost for the agency but could eventually result in lower rates for Houston-area drivers.
As Houston-area residents hunker down in anticipation of Tropical Storm Beryl, several schools, businesses and government offices have announced closures for Monday and beyond.
Houston leaders are working on plans to improve the city's response to disasters in preparation of a busy hurricane season.
@bicmay@med-mastodon.comEarly voting runs today through Tuesday, June 11 for the special election run off for property appraisers board of directors with election day Saturday, June 15. Make a plan to vote if you're in one of the municipalities affected (counties with populations of >=75,000).
Here's information for Harris County: https://mailchi.mp/cco/early-voting-begins-june-3-for-the-harris-central-appraisal-district-board-of-directors-runoff-election?e=006832cc1b
Attached is the previous endorsement from the Texas Gulf Coast AFL-CIO. Places 2 and 3 are in the run off.
A Harris County judge threw out a pair a murder indictments Tuesday against former Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines, who led a botched drug raid in 2019 that resulted in the shooting deaths of a couple on Harding Street.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo criticized state leaders after a recent study published in a peer-reviewed medical journal estimated that more than 26,000 Texas women became pregnant by rape after abortion was banned in the state.
Also, not sure if I’ve asked on this platform before, but if anyone ever hears of/knows of any rescue organizations that turn feral cats into house cats (especially in #Houston, #HarrisCounty, or #Texas) please let me know. Gobblekins may not yet realize all cats should be indoor cats, but I would love to find her a real home!
Texas is about to shut down an election office in a heavily Democratic county that includes Houston less than two months before the city's mayoral election
@Chron can there be a clearer message that it’s gone too far when the largest county elections office is forced to close down?!? #harriscounty #electioninterference #Elections2024 #texasfascism
A judge rules a new Texas law governing elections in Democrat-controlled Harris County (Houston) unconstitutional, but the corrupt, GOP-controlled AG's office says it will appeal. #elections #Houston #HarrisCounty #txpol https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-calls-new-texas-election-law-unconstitutional-but-state-says-it-will-appeal-ruling/ar-AA1fjReg?cvid=eeae262cb5eb4d5684b85868f488ea54&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=11
The TX Republican coup against the Houston School system is truly repellent. They want to kill public schools and give the money to their corrupt friends in for-profit "education".
#uspolitics #texas #harriscounty
