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Tag: civic engagement

Elections

12 Reasons It’s Harder To Vote In Harris County

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on May 22, 2019 · Texas ranks 44th nationwide in registering eligible voters and Harris County lags behind those registration rates by 5-12%. That and other research show a pattern of poor civic engagement -- and policies that make it harder to vote locally and statewide.

Tags civic engagement harris county harris county voting harris votes houston in action houston voting register to vote

inDepth

Unable to Vote, Dreamers Take Immigration Issues to People Who Can

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on September 13, 2018 · One group of Houston’s most motivated activists is hoping voters care enough to show up to the polls. Their future in this country could depend on it. 

Tags civic engagement daca houston immigration

News

Houston’s Student Congress Launches New Civic Fellowship

Laura Isensee

Posted on May 21, 2018 · The new civic fellowship is open to students from all school districts in the Greater Houston region.

Tags civic engagement civics Houston ISD Student Congress student activism student leaders youth youth leadership

News

When Texans Aren’t Engaged, Texans Don’t Vote

Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 18, 2017 · If you want Texans to vote, you have to get their attention, to give them something engaging to consider. There's a constitutional amendment election starting next week. Interested?

Tags civic engagement election election day politics Texas voters voting

Houston Matters

Why Don’t More Latinos Vote?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 30, 2014 · This is Hispanic Heritage Month. As such, some national and local civic organizations are engaged in a city-wide campaign to increase voter registration among Latino voters in Houston. While Texas is home to the country's second-largest Latino population, and Hispanics represent the largest ethnic population in Greater Houston, studies suggest they don't vote as much […]

Tags civic engagement Hispanic voters Jerónimo Cortina Latino voters latinos politics voters voting

Houston Matters

Why is Gang Activity Increasing in the Suburbs?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 18, 2014 · For some time now, Houston gang movement has become more prevalent in suburban areas. Among the reasons: a crackdown by law enforcement in the city, pushing gangs to operate out of town, a wealth of wholesale illicit drug suppliers, and high profit expectations from suburban drug operations. Folks in the burbs tend to associate gang […]

Tags civic engagement crime gangs gangs in the suburbs harris county sheriff's office Mark Schmidt suburbs

Houston Matters

Should We Take Texas’ Low Rankings in Child Well-Being with a Grain of Salt?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 28, 2014 · The latest Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation was released last week. It’s the 25th edition of the report, and it once again shows Texas ranks low among the U.S. states in overall child well-being. That ranking is based on a variety of factors, including education (more than half of Texas children […]

Tags annie e. casey foundation Bob Sanborn Center for Public Policy Priorities children children at risk Chuck Devore civic engagement France Deviney kids kids count ranking Texas children Texas Public Policy Foundation

Houston Matters

Could the So-Called ‘Ike Dike’ Come to Fruition?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 17, 2014 · It's by no means a new idea. But the recently formed Bay Area Coastal Protection Alliance is trying to move the coastal barrier idea forward. So, we find out why, and hear the case for what is popularly-known as the “Ike Dike” to protect Galveston Bay communities from storm surge brought by the next great […]

Tags Bay Area Coastal Protection Alliance civic engagement hurricane ike Hurricanes Ike Dike severe weather Sierra Club Tropical Storms

Houston Matters

How Effective are Restraining Orders in Preventing Domestic Violence?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 16, 2014 · Six members of a family in suburban Spring who were shot to death last week will be laid to rest today in a private ceremony. Katie and Stephen Stay, and their four youngest children died in the attack. The couple's 15-year-old daughter Cassidy survived, called police, and identified her uncle, Ronald Lee Haskell, as the […]

Tags civic engagement DA's Office domestic violence harris county Harris County District Attorney's Office Houston Area Women's Shelter Jennifer Varela Leticia Manzano protective orders restraining orders

Houston Matters

Will a Challenge to Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance Make the November Ballot?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 10, 2014 · Last week, opponents of Houston’s recently-passed non-discrimination ordinance turned in signatures to a petition calling for a November vote to consider repealing the measure. 17,269 signatures are needed from registered Houston voters in order to trigger such a vote. Opponents turned in 50,000, but they are all subject to verification over the next month, and […]

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