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.
The Salary Grievance Committee recommended $181,411.36, exactly 30 percent above the current salary. It was item 2 on the September 8 budget agenda. The record says no action was taken.
Adding 11 floodgates to the Lake Houston dam now costs $315 million. Only $120 million is identified. Nobody at the September 22 town hall said where the rest comes from.
Community Impact ran questionnaires for Precinct 2 and Precinct 4 on September 23. The incumbents quantify spending. Nobody in either race quantifies the 4.734 cent increase adopted September 17.
Tomball adopted 34.09 cents again, unchanged. The median home’s city tax rises 4.81 percent on valuation alone, and the council signed $31.67 million in utility debt thirteen days later.
Tomball held its tax rate flat. The bill on the median home still goes up $56. Read More »
DPS took registrations at its driver’s license portal and never sent them to county registrars, some from October 2025. Twelve days from the deadline, no Harris County figure exists.
Humble ISD’s first State of the Schools luncheon celebrated its B rating and Teacher of the Year Anita McKeague. An attendee says HD-127 candidate Michelle Williams talked through the program.
Bellaire proposes $0.4268 per $100, up from $0.4174. The rate rises 2.25 percent and the average homestead bill rises $259, or 7.2 percent. Hearing and vote are both Oct. 5.
Bellaire’s proposed tax rate is up 2.25 percent. The average bill is up 7.2 percent. Read More »
Commissioners Court approved eight Flood Control District escrow agreements across six watersheds. None of the eight agenda items carries a dollar amount.
Hidalgo told ABC13 she passed Ramsey a note hoping he would help deny a quorum on the tax vote. He stayed, it passed, and she now opposes Briones.
Harris County votes Tuesday to apply for a $15 million federal park grant at Tom Bass Park. The grant needs a $15 million county match, and the agenda does not say where it comes from.
Houston, September 21, 2026. Stephanie Morales, the Democratic nominee for judge of the 180th Criminal District Court in Harris County,
The county says the public can observe logic and accuracy testing for November 3. Its own Election Reports page lists 12 test reports, the newest from June 15, 2024.