Coverage of Harris County government: Commissioners Court agendas and votes, the county budget and property tax rate, the Flood Control District, county contracts and audits, and the countywide offices that spend the money. We link the primary document on every claim so you can check us.
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
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.
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.
The county attorney has taken the Carverdale landfill to federal court seeking permanent closure. The county says it has never been allowed on the property to test.
Items 432 through 439 on the October 15 Harris County agenda accept $75 million in state flood grants. Spending on the federal Harvey money already in hand runs about 8 percent.
The October 15 agenda is posted. Item 314 is a discussion item with no dollar amount, and the county still has no single published total for its plate reader program.
The University of Houston Hobby School has Plummer 47, Sanchez 40. In September the only poll of this race was a campaign’s own, at 16 points.
The district told a river authority board in March that the project was funded through construction. Thursday it asks Commissioners Court to take a $5 million state grant for phase one.
Orlando Sanchez says he would lower the county rate in his first budget and did not say by how much. Letitia Plummer would not commit to lowering it. The adopted rate is 67.147 cents.
Fifteen flood and drainage items on the October 15 agenda print a dollar amount. They come to $14,596,988.65, and about $354,000 of it is attached to a named project.
A utility district created by the Legislature in 2017 and never confirmed asks voters to confirm it, elect five directors, approve $685 million in bonds and allow a $1.50 maintenance tax.