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Election 2020

Live Results: Local Harris County Races

HPM Staff

Posted on November 3, 2020 · We'll updating local Harris County results live as they come in.

Tags civil courts commissioner Court of Appeals criminal courts district attorney district courts harris county judge school board sheriff texas Texas Court of Criminal Appeals texas supreme court TXDecides

Houston Matters

Judge’s Message From A Higher Court, And Turning Signal Laws: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News

Abner Fletcher

Posted on March 8, 2019 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags Brenda Valdivia Charles Kuffner courts criminal courts judge Natalie Arceneaux The Good The Bad and The Ugly turning signals

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Judge: Separated Families Must Be Reunited Within 30 Days

Associated Press

Posted on June 27, 2018 · U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw also issued a nationwide injunction on future family separations, unless the parent is deemed unfit or doesn't want to be with the child.

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UPDATE: Federal Judge Approves AT&T’s $85 Billion Takeover Of Time Warner

Associated Press

Posted on June 12, 2018 · The ruling brings the biggest antitrust trial in years to an end

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Judge: President Trump Can’t Block Critics On Twitter

Associated Press

Posted on May 23, 2018 · The case was brought last July by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and seven individuals blocked by Trump after criticizing the Republican president

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Texas Appeals Court Overturns Man’s 1998 Murder Conviction

Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2018 · John Earl Nolley had been sentenced in 1998 to life in prison

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Immigration

Immigration Judge Says Quota Mandate Will Do More Harm Than Good To An Already Clogged System

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 5, 2018 · A mandate handed down by the Trump administration designed to speed up activity within the country’s clogged immigration court system could actually have the opposite effect, the president National Association of Immigration Judges said Wednesday.

Tags immigration judge politics quota

Energy & Environment

Judge dismisses Exxon lawsuit against climate change probe

Associated Press

Posted on March 30, 2018 · Judge described Exxon's lawsuit as "running roughshod over the adage that the best defense is a good offense."

Tags Case climate change Exxon investigation judge trial

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Of Muslim Boy’s Dad With Prejudice

Associated Press

Posted on March 15, 2018 · This case had previously drawn international attention

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Man On Death Row For Killing 2 Women In Houston Loses Appeal

Associated Press

Posted on March 12, 2018 · Death row inmate loses appeal, moving closer to execution

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Despite Legal Victory, Trump Needs Money For Border Wall

Associated Press

Posted on February 28, 2018 · Trump said in a tweet Wednesday sections of the wall will not be built "until the whole Wall is approved"

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Harris County Judge Ed Emmett Has Officially Filed For Re-election

HPM Digital Team

Posted on November 13, 2017 · Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has filed for reelection for the 2018 elections after suffering a minor stroke in August

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El Paso Democrat Draws Influential Endorsement In Bid To Replace U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

Posted on October 19, 2017 · A major women's group with a vast fundraising network endorsed former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar Thursday in her bid to replace U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso.

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People protest outside as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prepares to hear arguments on President Trump's revised travel ban in Seattle on Monday.

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Judge: Newest Travel Ban ‘Same Maladies’ As Previous Version

Associated Press

Posted on October 18, 2017 · The Trump administration said the ban was based on an assessment of each country's security situation and willingness to share information with the U.S.

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Judge Blocks Texas Secretary Of State From Giving Voter Information To Trump Commission

Matthew Choi, Texas Tribune

Posted on October 5, 2017 · The order, which came out Tuesday, adds Texas to a growing list of states not complying with the president's investigation into the 2016 elections.

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