Houston posted the Proposition A ballot language three days before early voting. The charter text defines the banned warrants by a 15 second wait and requires a five year marijuana enforcement audit.
An ABC News analysis counts 589 Election Day vote centers for November 3, against 782 in 2022. The clerk’s own map lists 75 early voting sites opening Monday. No county official has explained the
Marcus Stuckett took over the Flood Control District in June. The deadlines he is working to are the extended ones the state called its last, and the district still has not published a spend rate
Houston police value the luxury car theft ring at more than $3 million. The October 9 complaints allege theft of $300,000 or more, and Harris County District Clerk records show the couple out of custody by October 12.
ICE named Jose Mendoza-Cervantes as the target of its October 10 Harris County operation. A Dallas woman says the bulletin photo is her father, who died in 2017. The agent who struck Miguel Parra Hernandez is on leave.
Council approved about $31.1 million of road, drainage and sewer work. The consent decree behind two of the three items covers $2 billion over 15 years, and the clock started in April 2021.
Commissioners voted Thursday to create an oversight group led by the Sheriff’s Office, reporting back in February 2027. The county’s own report says the plate reader inventory is still not complete.
Harris County funded the district attorney’s investigation with $2.5 million on day 30. Nobody is charged, no agent is named, and the victim’s brother is still in ICE detention.
About $63 million of the $88 million is property tax revenue the city no longer expects. The same finance director reported a $52.6 million miss a year ago under the same flat rate.
The county judge asked in September for a camera count, costs, an access list and a search log. Two of the four came back blank, and the fix on offer is a workgroup reporting in February 2027.
Houston City Council kept the city property tax rate at 51.9190 cents Wednesday, a third straight year. The city’s own notice form shows the last flat rate raised the average bill $80.01.
Demolition started Tuesday on 80 acres of the former Greenspoint Mall. The City of Houston and the Greater Greenspoint tax increment zone are putting in $15 million of the $150 million project.