Posted on · Governor Greg Abbott’s administration will decide how much of the package will go to the state’s largest city and surrounding Harris County.
Posted on · The 4-1 Republican majority on the Galveston County commissioners court is aiming to oust the sole Democratic member, Commissioner Stephen Holmes, by dismantling or diluting the Black-Hispanic coalition map of Precinct 3.
Posted on · County Judge Lina Hidalgo warned that completing the toxicology reports alone would take weeks.
Posted on · Asian-Americans make up a substantial portion of the county’s population, but the new congressional map cracked the community to reduce its voting power.
Posted on · The suit targets SB 1’s provisions limiting assistance to voters who need help navigating the voting process, as well as limiting how mail-in voters verify their identities.
Posted on · The lawsuit came one day after the White House’s announcement of an OSHA rule implementing the vaccine or testing mandate first announced in September.
Posted on · Tilman Fertitta, chairman of the UH System Board of Regents, also endorsed Abbott for reelection shortly before Abbott began to speak.
Posted on · The amendment emerged as a response to COVID-related bans on church services by large counties, including Harris County – it may be subject to lawsuits for violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Posted on · Republican Commissioners Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey are likely to sue to block implementation of the Ellis 3 map, which switches the two commissioners’ precincts and increases the minority population in Cagle’s new district.
Posted on · A map proposed by Democratic Commissioner Rodney Ellis would shrink Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey's precinct, while sandwiching most of unincorporated Harris County into Republican Commissioner Jack Cagle's precinct.
Posted on · Houston is now the number-two market in the country for apartment rentals, and that’s helped drive the average monthly rent up more than 10% over the past year.
Posted on · The House measure focuses on giving employees fired for refusing a vaccine the right to sue their former employers, while the Senate bill hews closer to Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order.
Posted on · A new report analyzing data gathered by the TECQ finds the drop stemmed largely from the pandemic-related downturn in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, and rising production in 2021 is already leading to a comparable rise in illegal pollution.
Posted on · It’s far from clear whether House Speaker Dade Phelan will force through a bill that would ban businesses from requiring their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted on · The proposed maps would reshape the 18th and 9th Congressional Districts, leading Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Al Green to argue they’re being forced to run against each other.