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Commissioner Ellis Thanks Residents and Organizers Whose Voices Led to Commissioners Court adding $7.7M to County’s Buyout Program for Flood Victims
Funds will Provide More Money for Relocation and Benefit for Undocumented Families
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis said he is proud Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve his request to add $7.7 million to a buyout program that gives repeat flood victims – including undocumented immigrants – more money for relocation.
Harris County DA's Office: 75-Year-Old Houston Child Molester Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
A 75-year-old child molester has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old in 2011, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Statement on Unauthorized Release of Children’s Medical Information
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee is calling for swift and appropriate action in response to children’s medical records from Texas Children’s Hospital being illicitly released to an individual not affiliated with the hospital. The medical records were published by The Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, and relate to children receiving gender-affirming care.
Humble Man Sentenced to Life In Prison for Shooting in northeast Harris County
An Humble man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting another man in northeast Houston in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
New Data Reveals Neighborhoods Impacted By Urban Heat Effect
On August 7, 2020, the Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT)—a collaboration be- tween Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), the City of Houston, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) — held a one-day urban heat island mapping effort with the help of 84 community scien- tists, and funding support from Lowe’s and Shell. The effort was part of the 2020 Heat Watch program led by CAPA Strategies and the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration (NOAA), and it resulted in a total of 320 square miles of Houston and Harris County being mapped by local residents.
Texas Man Gets 50 Years for Stealing $1.2 Million Worth of Fajitas
A Texas man who plead guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million in fajitas while acting as a public servant has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Gilberto Escamilla, 53, was employed at the Darrel B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center in San Benito, Texas, until August 2017 — when it was discovered that he had been placing orders for fajitas using county funds and then selling them for his own profit since December 2008, according to Cameron County Court filings.
Harris County Democratic Party Statement on House Speaker Bonnen and Empower Texas Recording
It's worse than we thought. There's no longer any doubt after today's release of the recording between Republican House Speaker Bonnen and Empower Texas' Michael Quinn Sullivan that there is an ethical vacuum in the leadership of the Texas House.
TXDot and Transportation Officials From Across the Houston Region Partner to Put a Powerful Mobility App in the Hands of Area Commuters
Official launch ceremony for Houston ConnectSmart, a new smartphone app that provides all transit options in the Houston area on one convenient platform, including routes whether traveling by car, bus, rail, bicycle, foot or carpool, and transit ticketing. Transportation Commissioner Laura Ryan, TxDOT Houston District Engineer Eliza Paul, METRO President & CEO Tom Lambert, and Harris County Toll Road Authority Director Roberto Trevino will be on hand for the announcement.
Harris County Department of Education to Host Job Fair April 22
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, Harris County Department of Education will host a job fair at its administration building located at 6300 Irvington Blvd., Houston, TX, 77022.
Waller County Fair
Information, Impact, and Sustainability Center (IISC) Director TeKedra Pierre snaps a selfie with Prairie View's own Cory Solomon at the Waller County Fair! A professional tie-down roper, Cory was preparing to compete and is super excited to hear that the CAFNR Rodeo Team is BACK! Check out this article to learn more about Cory's impact beyond the rodeo arena and this article to learn more about his partnership with Capital Farm Credit, Texas' largest Ag lender.
NEWS RELEASE Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s Statement on Barbers Hill High School Punishing Black Student for his Hairstyle
Below is Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s statement on Barbers Hill High School placing a Black student in in-school suspension for his hairstyle:
NBC News/WSJ/Telemundo Latino Poll: Joe Biden Leads President Donald Trump Among Latino Voters 62% to 26%
With just over six weeks until Election Day, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll published today offers the latest snapshot of Latino voters’ views on the 2020 presidential election.
Houston Author and Pastor Mia K. Wright, to Keynote at Alpha Kappa Alpha International Conference
More Than 20,000 Women from Around the World Expected to Converge in Houston for the National Greek Sorority’s 68th International Conference
Houston’s own, Mia K. Wright, co-pastor and director of ministry at The Fountain of Praise, a 20,000-member megachurch, has been selected to serve as a keynote speaker at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s 68th International Conference, which will kick-off in Houston this week. Wright will speak at the Ecumenical Worship Service on Sunday, July 10, 2018 from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Kurt Carr and The Kurt Carr Singers will be guest musical artists. The Ecumenical/Worship Service is open to the public, so attendees don’t have to be registered for the conference to attend.
Strong Apprenticeship Programs Key to addressing the Wage Gap
Over the last decades, many American inner cities have seen an economic resurgence. Buoyed by millennials and people's desire to shorten their daily work commute, neighborhoods and communities that were all but pronounced dead two decades ago now find themselves flush with new businesses and residents.
The Plant Project Plant Shop Celebrating Mother’s Day and Mother Nature - DIY Flower Arranging for Moms & Daughters/Sons, Fresh Juice Bar, Plant Specials, Last-Minute Gifts
The Plant Project plant shop in Houston is offering a special way to celebrate all mothers, including Mother Nature, this weekend with locally sourced flowers, plant specials, gifts, and a DIY Fresh Flower Bar where mothers and daughters/sons can create their own floral arrangements together for Mother’s Day!
During African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month 10-Year-Old Texas Boy Makes Appeal for More Blood Stem Cell and Marrow Donors
MJ Dixon is battling leukemia and has been searching for a match for the past year
July is African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month, and Be The Match is working to raise awareness of a health disparity on the national blood stem cell and marrow registry that affects Black and African American patients in need of life-saving cell therapies. Patients battling blood cancers such as leukemia or blood diseases like sickle cell disease are most likely to find a matching donor in someone who shares their heritage or ethnicity. The odds of finding a match are dependent on a patient's ethnicity, with Black and African American patients least likely to find a matching donor. Black patients find matching donors 29% of the time compared to a 79% chance for white patients.
The Heart Condition Hiding in Plain Sight
The health of a community is often about connecting. Connecting with our neighbors, friends, and family to recharge our souls. Connecting with information that empowers us to make positive change.
Baker Institute Paper: Public, private stakeholders have role to play in fixing Houston’s flooding problem
The private sector can play a major role in fixing the serious problems that all levels of government and the development community, as well as their engineers and lawyers, have created in regard to flooding in Houston, according to a paper by an environmental expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
About 1,300 Youth Athletes will Compete for Medals in So-called Street Games During the Harris County Street Olympics Final Event
Fun-filled Competition Includes Foot Races, Chess, Hopscotch, Jump Rope, Hula Hoop, Poetry and Spelling Bee
About 1,300 boys and girls, ages 6 to 15, from 55 youth-serving agencies will vie for “gold,” “silver” and “bronze” medals during the Harris County Street Olympics Summer Games Final Event, which is presented by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Street Olympics Board of Directors and sponsors. Before the competition begins, Commissioner Ellis, board members and sponsors will lead the Parade of Champions that involves the athletes marching into NRG Arena for a brief ceremony before the games begin.
Sheila Jackson Lee Celebrated for Her Involvement in Extending D-SNAP Services in Houston
TMO clergy members and leaders are meeting Tuesday at Christ Church Cathedral to recognize Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for efforts to extend D-SNAP services in Harris County.
