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Texas legislator considers expanding law abolishing Harris Co. election office
San Antonio Express-News· 7 hours agoA Texas state legislator who chairs the House elections committee is considering removing top election officials in counties across the state, expanding a controversial new law abolishing the ...
Gillespie County's election worker costs more than double after switch to hand count
Stacker via AOL· 8 hours agoMaria Crane // The Texas Tribune The hand count of thousands of Republican primary election ballots...
Harris County settles sex misconduct lawsuit with female deputies for $1.5M
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoHarris County is set to pay four women $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit where the women allege they...
Minimal turnout marks early voting in HCAD directors runoff elections | Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media· 3 days agoJust a fraction of a percent of registered Harris County voters have cast ballots for the new...
Texas conservatives want to end countywide voting. The costs could be high.
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours agoSign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here. A long-running conservative push to get rid of...
Houston area officials to speak at Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso | Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media· 5 days agoHarris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and newly elected Senator Molly Cook will be among the local...
Texans commemorate what would have been President George H.W. Bush's 100th birthday
ABC13 Houston· 15 hours agoOn Wednesday, June 12, Texans are commemorating what would have been former President George H.W....
Abbott names judges to controversial new Texas appeals court
San Antonio Express-News· 8 hours agoGov. Greg Abbott is rolling out his first appointees to a new, controversial appeals court that will focus on cases involving state agencies and laws. Lawmakers approved the 15th Court of Appeals ...
After push, Houston ISD files request for federal disaster relief
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoThe state's largest school district is one of many throughout the Houston region that was hit in the...
With new rules, the Texas Republican party seeks to keep its elected officials in line
KENS 5 San Antonio· 2 days agoRepublican voters in Texas sent a strong message this primary season about their expectations for ideological purity, casting out 15 state House GOP incumbents who bucked ...