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Harris County Early Voting Site at Scarsdale Annex Remains Open
With the advisement of the Harris County Facilities & Property Management, it has been determined that the Harris County Early Voting site at Scarsdale Annex is fully operational and relocation will not need to take place.
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Kamala Harris to Visit a Critical County in First Texas Visit
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is making her first campaign trip to Texas this week, heading straight to a county Republicans are worried about protecting in 2020.
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Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Fifth Circuit SB1 Ruling
Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated an injunction that prohibited Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing SB1’s anti-solicitation provision against the Harris County Elections Administrator.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s Statement on Judge Hidalgo Extending Leave of Absence
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis issued the following statement about County Judge Lina Hidalgo extending her leave to seek mental health treatment:
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s Statement on Judge Hidalgo Extending Leave of Absence
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis issued the following statement about County Judge Lina Hidalgo extending her leave to seek mental health treatment:
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Fort Bend County Judge KP George Re-election Statement
I am honored to have been re-elected as the Fort Bend County Judge to keep moving #FortBendForward.
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Harris County Department of Education Trustees Approve CASE Debates to Serve At-risk Students
A nationally recognized debate program, the Houston Urban Debate League (HUDL), will serve 300 low-income, at-risk high school students in the Harris County area after the Board of Trustees approved the initiative on July 18.
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Harris County Invests $6 Million in Reproductive Healthcare
Harris County responds to the nation- wide rollback of reproductive rights with a robust $6 million Reproductive Healthcare Access Fund, managed by Harris County Public Health. This initiative aims to enhance local healthcare services and education amidst Texas’s stringent abortion restrictions post-Roe v. Wade.
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Harris County to End Unjust OmniBase Program That Will Give Tens of Thousands of Vulnerable Residents Their Drivers Licenses Back
The Program Currently has Holds on an Estimated 550,000 Driver’s Licenses in the Greater Houston Area
For Harris County residents, having access to a car is indispensable for daily activities such as getting to work, to a doctor’s appointment, and to pick up necessities like groceries. Particularly as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, and people are increasingly at-risk of losing their jobs, having access to safe and reliable transportation is critical. A recent report, Driven by Debt: Houston, estimated that not only does this program impact hundreds of thousands of drivers in the Greater Houston area, but that those impacted are disproportionately Black and low-income residents.
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Harris County Files Amicas Brief With Texas Supreme Court Opposing Sovereign Immunity For ERCOT
Prolonged Blackouts Caused The Deaths of Nearly 80 Texans
Today, the Harris County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the Texas Supreme Court opposing the Electricity Reliability Cooperative of Texas’s (ERCOT) argument that it is en- titled to governmental immunity (which would bar most people from suing ER- COT). The brief warns were the court to grant the ERCOT immunity, ERCOT could use that ruling to oppose lawsuits by residents in the wake of Winter Storm Uri and the collapse of the energy grid.
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Harris County Attorney Ryan Supports County Clerk’s Request for Mail Ballot Funding
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan supports the County Clerk’s request for additional funding for vote by mail efforts, citing a recent court ruling amid public health concerns.
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My Brother’s Keeper Houston Kicks Off Two Crime Reduction Youth Programs
The Houston Health Department’s initiative My Brother’s Keeper Houston, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department are teaming up to reduce crime, violence and recidivism.
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Greenville County Library System expands free WiFi coverage at main library and all 11 branches
The Greenville County Library System has extended its public WiFi network coverage at its main branch and all 11 branch libraries in Greenville County.
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The Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, Eighteen Harris County Elected Officials and Houston Branch of NAACP Joined Together Asking for An Investigation
The Texas Coalition of Black Democrats today joined eighteen elected state Democratic officials from Harris County and the Houston Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. in requesting that Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg and County Attorney Vince Ryan investigate the presence of a phantom candidate in the March 3rd Democratic Primary for House District 142, including empaneling a grand jury to do so, if needed.
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Harris County Women’s Commission Presents First Report to Harris County Commissioners
The nine-member commission was created to improve outcomes for women in Harris County
During their July 18 meeting, Harris County commissioners discussed a report from the Harris County Women’s Commission outlining its future goals and issued new directives for the nine-member group.
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PVAMU coalition will march to polls on Election Day and issue demands for justice
Students and community members of Prairie View, TX will march across the campus of PVAMU and to the polls on Election Day in order to draw attention to Waller County’s unrelenting, decades-long campaign of voter suppression targeting the city and its Historically Black University; the coalition will also make known five demands for justice to kick off an advocacy initiative targeting both Congress and the TX State Legislature.
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Fort Bend County Hosts Home for the Holidays Mega Pet Adoption Event
Partners with Houston Humane Society of Pet Pantry Distribution
Fort Bend County Animal Services has teamed up with Petopia, Best Friends, Rosenberg Animal Control & Shelter, the cities of Sugar Land, Missouri City, and Stafford to host the Home for the Holidays Mega Pet Adoption Event. The county-wide pet adoption event will take place on Saturday, December 17, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (Building B), 4310 TX-36 S, Rosenberg, TX 77471.
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Fort Bend County Judge KP George Honors Mental Health Leaders
Fort Bend County Judge KP George, honored the work of Fort Bend County Director of the Behavioral Health Services Department, Dr. Connie Almeida, and Executive Vice-Chair and Professor of Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Asim Shaw.
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Fort Bend County Expands COVID-19 Testing Sites to All Residents
Available Tests, Free To All, No Screening for Symptons
County Judge KP George announced publicly on Tuesday that the Fort Bend County testing site for COVID-19 is now open to all residents -- whether or not they are experiencing symptoms from the novel coronavirus. The Judge announced the expansion in the open session of the Commissioner’s Court.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis Comments on Resolution City, County and TxDOT Reached on I-45 Expansion
Today, the City of Houston, Harris County and The Texas Department of Transportation are announcing a resolution of disputes over the I-45 expansion project, including Harris County’s lawsuit and Mayor Turner’s objection to the project.
