County auditor invoices show Harris County paid Flock $302,650 in the pilot’s first year, 88.6 percent above the $160,500 commissioners approved. The published totals still do not reach $1.3 million.
Council voted 12-2 to require working AC in every Houston rental starting December 17. Enforcement runs on tenant 311 calls to a health department already taking 800 a year.
Commissioners Court gave the Bear Creek Village Stage B drainage job to the low bidder on August 6. Item 116 Tuesday rescinds that and pays another firm 2.2 percent more. No reason given.
A 17-year-old is charged with capital murder in north Harris County. The DA wants $10 million bail. Two outlets printed no bond figure, and none printed what a conviction would carry.
Commissioners adopted a combined 67 cent rate Thursday. The follow-up story listed four homeowner moves with no dates. One closed in the spring. One is open until February 2029.
A Friday candidate questionnaire covers the clerk’s election duties without mentioning the 2023 state law that created them.
The DA’s notice answers the Turin court’s death penalty question. Texas Penal Code 12.31 answers the other one, and nobody printed it.
Enrique Aguilar, 20, is charged in two killings six months apart. He was in custody between the charges, so this is not a pretrial release failure.
Commissioners adopted the 2026 rate 3-1 on September 17. The county’s own OMB table splits the 7.6 percent into two lines that did not move together.
Council added $6.7 million unanimously on September 16. The contract dates to October 2021, is capped at $55.4 million, and has never been put out for competition.
Abbie Kamin faces Jacqueline Lucci Smith on November 3. A voter guide calls Kamin the incumbent. Commissioners Court seated her, over the county judge’s objection.
Council hired SAFEbuilt Texas for five years. The city’s own adopted budget shows the Building Inspection Fund spending $5,333,000 above revenue this year.