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Harris County to spend $3M on community safety programs leaders say have driven down crime

One domestic violence care advocate said the county’s program that provides money to survivors to pay for basic needs could be a model for the rest of the state.

The Texas Tribune

Flock cameras face growing backlash across Texas counties, but getting rid of them is complicated

Some government officials said they understand the community’s anger, but warn that many of these contracts fall outside their jurisdiction.

The Texas Tribune

Harris County DA’s office to treat ICE shooting as criminal investigation, says it may take months or years to complete

Harris County officials say they will fund an independent investigation to identify the ICE agents involved in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killing.

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Can anyone win in Texas?

Primary losers have cast doubt on whether their respective primary opponents can win in November

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Harris County to vote on means for labor groups to represent employees for salary, policy talks

If passed, the policy would be the first for a Texas county. Some cities and school districts have similar policies.

The Texas Tribune

Right-Wing Think Tank Pushes States to Ban Guaranteed Income Programs

Despite widespread support for cash grants, a dark money-funded policy group is influencing GOP lawmakers to prohibit them.

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Harris County voter outreach proposal sparks another fight with Texas Republicans

The county plans to ID eligible voters and send them registration forms. GOP officials say it’s an end-run around state law.

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An “unrelenting” Sheila Jackson Lee remembered by Kamala Harris, former colleagues

More than 50 of Jackson Lee’s former colleagues in Congress, along with a star-studded lineup of national and local elected officials, packed the church sanctuary to celebrate her life.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Harris County’s guaranteed income pilot program

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging the program, saying it violates the Texas Constitution.

The Texas Tribune

In the Ogg House: Harris County DA Ousted in Primary

Challenger Sean Teare handily took out the embattled two-term incumbent Kim Ogg.

Texas Observer

A Texas school has punished a Black student over his hairstyle for months. Neither side is backing down.

In a test of Texas’ new CROWN Act prohibiting discrimination based on hairstyles, a judge said the Barbers Hill school district can limit the length of male students’ hair.

The Texas Tribune

After bruising loss in Houston mayoral race, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee faces her toughest reelection yet

Jackson Lee faces off against Amanda Edwards, her most formidable congressional opponent in three decades.

The Texas Tribune

Houstonians worry new laws will deter voters who don't recall the hard-won fight for voting rights

Texas Republicans passed measures this year to eliminate Harris County’s top election job and give the Republican secretary of state power to take oversight of elections in Houston

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