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In a recent court filing, prosecutors allege Fort Bend County Judge KP George used county funds to pay former staffer Taral Patel for campaign work and made a down payment on a personal vehicle using campaign money.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/03/529962/prosecutors-say-fort-bend-county-judge-kp-george-used-county-money-for-campaign-work/

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Prosecutors alleged in a court filing this week that Fort Bend County Judge KP George, who is facing two felony charges of money laundering, used campaign funds to pay for his personal property taxes as well as a down payment on a house.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/14/528679/kp-george-used-campaign-funds-for-property-taxes-house-down-payment-fort-bend-prosecutors-say/

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Motions by Fort Bend County Judge KP George to recuse the justices presiding over his criminal cases were dismissed by an administrative judge.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/06/26/525022/judge-denies-motions-to-bring-outside-justices-for-kp-georges-criminal-cases/

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Attorneys for Fort Bend County Judge KP George are asking a criminal court to bring in a judge from outside the county to preside over his money laundering case, arguing there's a potential conflict of interest because he oversees court spending.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/05/19/521727/kp-georges-attorneys-ask-for-judge-outside-the-county-to-oversee-money-laundering-case/

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Education and child advocacy leaders are warning that a proposal to eliminate federal funding for Head Start could devastate Texas families, erasing decades of progress in early childhood education and worsening an ongoing child care crisis.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/04/28/519970/cutting-into-the-bone-houston-area-child-care-could-suffer-under-looming-head-start-cuts-advocates-say/

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Thirty years after abolishing its property tax, the city of Stafford could reallocate some of its economic development funds to pay for infrastructure, public safety and other city services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/28/519874/stafford-could-divert-money-from-economic-development-to-cover-city-costs/

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Taral Patel, a Fort Bend County politician accused of impersonating people on social media and faking racist attacks against his own campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two misdemeanor counts of misrepresentation of identity by a candidate.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/15/518866/fort-bend-county-politician-taral-patel-pleads-guilty-in-scheme-involving-fake-racist-attacks-on-social-media/

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Ahead of the first Fort Bend County Commissioners Court meeting since County Judge KP George was arrested on money laundering charges, his attorneys decried the accusations against him.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/08/518273/fort-bend-county-judges-attorneys-say-money-laundering-charges-are-politically-motivated/

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The Fort Bend County Democratic Party is calling for County Judge KP George to resign in the wake of his Friday arrest on money laundering charges.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/07/518071/fort-bend-democratic-party-calls-for-county-judge-kp-georges-resignation-after-arrest/

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Fort Bend County Judge KP George, already facing legal troubles, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of money laundering, according to county jail records and the district attorney's office.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/04/517914/fort-bend-county-judge-kp-george-arrested-on-money-laundering-charges/

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Embattled Fort Bend County Judge KP George on Tuesday issued a statement attacking the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, the sheriff’s office and a judge for their handling of his criminal case.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/02/25/514765/fort-bend-county-judge-kp-george-criticizes-da-sheriff-for-handling-of-his-criminal-case/

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is holding a public hearing for the W.A. Parish power plant in Richmond on Monday night.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/09/30/501357/tceq-to-host-public-hearing-for-w-a-parish-power-plant/

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A Houston-area man was sentenced to 95 months in federal prison this week for repeatedly stealing checks and other mail from post-office collection boxes, which he accessed using a special key meant for USPS workers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/07/03/492655/houston-area-man-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-stealing-checks-other-mail-from-usps-collection-boxes/

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