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Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Talarico Brings Faith, Justice, and His Senate Campaign to Harris County at The Luke Church

Can James Talarico flip Texas? His appearance at The Luke reveals the multiracial, faith-centered coalition he hopes to mobilize against Ken Paxton.

A friend alerted me that the City of Houston has financial assistance information and applications available online now for folks whose homes and properties sustained derecho damage May 16-17, 2024 and Hurricane Beryl damage July 5-9, 2024 at https://houstontx.gov/hcdrecovery/dr24 Please feel free to share! #Houston #HarrisCounty #TX #Texas #HTX #HurricaneBeryl #MayDerecho #Derecho

"At 9.8 readers per square mile, Jersey Village sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit."

https://www.findingflock.com/cameras/texas/jersey-village

#JerseyVillage #TX #Texas #HTX #HarrisCounty #Flock #DeFlock #NoALPRs #NWAAA

So, locally, we now have Flock abuse incidents in #HarrisCounty #Pasadena #Baytown #FortBendCounty #Houston #DeerPark #HTX

https://abc13.com/amp/post/3-deputies-access-flock-cameras-suspended-review-underway-harris-county-sheriffs-office-says/19679725

HC Commissioners Court voted to give the local constables a raise that will bring their pay to an eye-watering $305,000. Sweet gig if you can get it. For those counting, this is the fourth pay raise in three years, which has effectively doubled their compensation. But it has been decades since the county redrew the constables’ precinct lines, meaning that some oversee a jurisdiction of more than 1 million residents and others have a much smaller responsibility. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/constables-pay-whitmire-credit-rating-22377370.php #Texas #TX #HarrisCo #HarrisCounty #Houston

RE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/116943064952455249

If you can't donate, you may be able to serve as an #election worker.

Your local #elections department probably has information on their website on how to become an election worker.

Where I live, #HarrisCounty #Texas, you need to be registered to #vote in Harris County to work at the polls during #EarlyVoting or on #Election Day.

That said, the elections department is currently hiring supply clerks. They don't need to be registered voters in Harris County, but they do need to be high school graduates or have a GED, and pass drug screening and background checks. Also need to be able to lift 35-50 lbs.

Edited to add: The #Houston metro area is huge, and when I'm recruiting election clerks, many folks who would be interested don't live in (and thus aren't registered to vote in) Harris County. They are in Montgomery, Brazoria, Waller, etc.

The pictures below show the results of the supply clerks' work.

The first picture is the chain-of-custody materials I signed for as an election judge in the March primary. The two machines on the bottom have numbered seals that are logged. These machines scan the paper ballots. Judges from both parties sign attestations when the seals are removed on election day, and also log the seal numbers when they are re-sealed before being returned after the polls close. The black box contains the electronic tablets and wifi equipment that clerks use to qualify voters, along with stands.

The second picture is one of two equipment caddies at my location. These were delivered prior to the election and contain all the rest of the stuff that isn't part of the chain-of-custody. They are also sealed and logged. Early voting locations also get a cabinet because they need vastly more ballot paper, forms, etc.

July 1 - 31, 2026 across #Houston #BrazoriaCounty #HarrisCounty #BloodDonation #GiftOfLife #CommitForLife

When donating blood, PLEASE ask to credit Communities at Work #CAW! Thank you. <3

Urgent Action for #HarrisCounty residents! #HarrisCo #Houston #HTX #TX #Texas #DeFlock

📜Harris Cty Commissioners Court Agenda Item #253 #Flock contract https://harriscountytx.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8125723&GUID=6744ECC0-75D6-4F50-864D-DCE5B16E0A1E
🛠️TOOLKIT https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Ksf_7IdzlU3WdLYa6AM4-EbxODc47Xf4BVNiMiFtPk/edit?tab=t.0
🎤REGISTER TO APPEAR/SPEAK https://appearancerequest.harriscountytx.gov

A Tesla Crashed Through a Harris County Home. Is the Car to Blame?

https://www.readponder.com/essay/a-tesla-crashed-through-a-harris-county-home-is-the-car-to-blame

#HackerNews #Tesla #Crash #HarrisCounty #Home #AutoSafety #Investigation

[Woori Juntos] Tell #HarrisCounty where you want our tax $$ to go! Take the Budget Survey from #HarrisCounty Pcts 2 & 4 w/ Kinder Institute for Urban Research @ RiceU! It's available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese or Mandarin.

Survey: https://riceuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Upfvqnmz8LZfHE #HarrisCo #TX #Texas #Houston

Don't forget to mark your calendars #Houston!
[Queer to Stay 4] #Pride Is a #Protest 🏳️‍🌈
🌈Sun 28 JUNE '26 11a - 2:30p (time extended to include a #march!) @ City Hall, 901 Bagby St #HTX 77002
https://htxcoalition.us
#SouthernLights #CAW #CommunitiesAtWork #50501Houston #50501Movement #HDSA #DSA #LGBTQ #vigil #HarrisCo #HarrisCounty #FortBendCo #FortBendCounty #WallerCo #WallerCounty #MontgomeryCo #MontgomeryCounty #GalvestonCo #GalvestonCounty #Bellaire #Cypress #Katy #Pearland #Friendswood #Pasadena #GalenaPark #Humble #LeagueCity #Channelview #DeerPark #LaPorte #JacintoCity #JerseyVillage #Crosby #Baytown #BrooksideVillage #Conroe #Spring #MissouriCity #Stafford #Fresno #MeadowsPlace #SouthHouston #SugarLand #TheVillages #TheWoodlands #WestUniversiyPlace #TX #Texas

#HarrisCounty TODAY is the last day of Primary Runoffs early voting! Get in line by 7pm to vote. If you don't make it, don't panic. #Election Day is Tue. 26 MAY. #HarrisCo #TX #elections #vote #voting https://www.harrisvotes.com
For the record, in this house, we support Letitia Plummer for County Judge!

RE: https://mas.to/@50501Houston/116592464291830636

Early voting for the Primary Runoffs begins today!

Harris County Election Locations: https://www.harrisvotes.com/Vote-Centers/Locations2

Check your ballot: https://www.harrisvotes.com/Voter/Whats-on-my-Ballot

Do your homework before showing up to the polls! #HarrisCo #HarrisCounty #Houston #HTX #Texas #TX #USpolitics #elections #voting

Reminder #HarrisCounty and State of #Texas #voters. Early voting starts tomorrow!

Visit https://www.harrisvotes.com for more information.
#HarrisCo #TX #election #vote #votes #voting

Hype for the Future 162J: City of Katy, Texas

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/hype-for-the-future-162j-city-of-katy-texas/

Georgia educator says she was forced to resign after telling student she’s gay

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/georgia-educator-gay-resignation

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #News #CityOfHouston #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Mosquitos #WestNileVirus #ZikaVirus

Harris County commissioners' funding renewal of a 5-year-old immigration legal defense fund drew backlash and the ire of a county judge candidate. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/17/533672/harris-county-commissioners-funding-renewal-for-immigration-legal-defense-draws-backlash/

#HarrisCounty #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #AlizaDutt #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyLegalDefense #HarrisCountyPublicDefendersOffice #ImmigrationDefense #LegalDefenseFund

Houston-area residents who plan to vote in the upcoming election can again get free rides to and from the polls from the region’s public transit provider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/17/533640/houston-metro-free-rides-election-2025-early-voting/

#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #Voting #2025Election #EarlyVoting #ElectionDay #HarrisCountyElectionDay #Metro #METROFreeTransportation

Harris County Commissioners approved a burn ban for unincorporated areas of Harris County on Thursday, affecting the sale of certain fireworks ahead of Diwali. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/10/16/533581/commissioners-approve-burn-ban-firework-restrictions-in-unincorporated-harris-county/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #BurnBan #FireMarshal #HarrisCountyBurnBan #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt

Houston and Harris County leaders are considering a lawsuit over the upcoming removal of Montrose's rainbow crosswalks.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/14/533361/rainbow-crosswalk-houston-montrose-potential-lawsuit/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Transportation #AbbieKamin #CountyAttorneyChristianMenefee #GovGregAbbott #Metro #Montrose #RainbowCrosswalks

Two owners of a Houston funeral home have been charged with crimes several months after the bodies of a dozen deceased people were allegedly found decomposing in “inhumane” conditions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/14/533346/richardson-mortuary-houston-tx-criminal-charges/

#Business #Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #CriminalCharges #HarrisCounty #HoustonFuneralHomes #RichardsonMortuary #TexasFuneralServiceCommission

Houston and Harris County officials on Monday celebrated the opening of a $12 million, 26-unit apartment building for people with serious mental health illnesses. It's part of efforts to address homelessness.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/10/14/533356/houston-housing-homeless-mental-health/

#CityOfHouston #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Healthcare #Housing #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCenterForMentalHealthAndIDD #HomelessInHouston #HoustonHomelessness #HoustonHousing #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #MentalHealth

Daniel Caesar's pop-up concert in Houston over the weekend drew 1,500 people before law enforcement shut it down for not having proper permitting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/10/13/533200/daniel-caesars-pop-up-show-drew-1500-people-before-law-enforcement-shut-it-down/

#ArtsCulture #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #Music #News #PopCulture #BearCreekPioneersPark #DanielCaesar #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #HarrisCountyPrecinct5Constable #HoustonConcerts #HoustonParks

With the November election less than a month away, there were over 21,000 Harris County voter registration applications still pending as of Thursday, according to the county.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/10/10/533146/more-than-21000-harris-county-voter-registration-applications-are-still-pending-ahead-of-november-election/

#Elections #HarrisCounty #Local #News #BEXARCOUNTY #FortBendCounty #HarrisCountyClerkSOffice #HarrisCountyTaxAssessorCollector #TexasSecretaryOfStateSOffice

Amidst a partisan redistricting battle in Fort Bend County, the Harris County Attorney denounced what he described as KP George’s attempts to undermine the authority of Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/09/25/531931/harris-county-attorney-condemns-kp-georges-attempts-to-sideline-fort-bend-county-attorney/

#FortBend #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #BridgetteSmithLawson #ChristianMenefee #FortBendCountyAttorney #HarrisCountyAttorney #KpGeorge #REDISTRICTING

The homeless population in the Houston area ticked up slightly from 2024 to 2025, with the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and its partners counting 3,325 total homeless people during their annual point-in-time count this year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/09/09/530459/more-than-3300-people-are-homeless-in-the-houston-area-in-2025-according-to-newly-released-figures/

#FortBend #HarrisCounty #Housing #Houston #Local #News #CoalitionForTheHomeless #CoalitionForTheHomelessOfHoustonAndHarrisCounty #FortBendCounty #HoustonHomeless #HoustonHomelessness #MontgomeryCounty

Public transit users in the Houston area will ride for free every Friday throughout September as the transit agencies for Harris County, Fort Bend County, The Woodlands Township and Conroe offer “Free Fare Fridays” in an effort to boost ridership. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/04/530097/houston-area-public-transit-agencies-to-offer-free-fare-fridays-throughout-september/

#Environment #FortBend #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Traffic #Transportation #ConroeConnection #FortBendCounty #FreeFareFridays #Metro #PublicTransit #TheWoodlandsTownship

A new survey from the Kinder Institute found that more than 80% of Houston-area residents think the U.S. immigration system is not working well, while most also oppose mass deportations and support increased pathways to U.S. citizenship. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/08/26/529493/kinder-institute-immigration-policy-majority-houston-residents-increased-pathways-to-citizenship/

#FortBend #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #KinderInstitute #MassDeportations #PathwaysToCitizenship #RiceUniversitySKinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #USImmigration #USImmigrationPolicy

The Grand Parkway between Interstate 10 and U.S. 290 will be expanded from two to three lanes in each direction to help ease traffic congestion in a part of Harris County that is being rapidly developed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/08/08/528248/stretch-of-grand-parkway-in-western-harris-county-set-for-157-million-expansion/

#HarrisCounty #HoustonMatters #Infrastructure #Local #News #Traffic #Transportation #GrandParkway #GrandParkwayExpansion #GrandParkwayWidening #StateHighway99 #Txdot

A district judge has temporarily blocked new reporting requirements issued by the Texas Attorney General's Office that prosecutors argued were unconstitutional and burdensome.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/20/524488/judge-blocks-texas-ags-reporting-rules-for-big-city-prosecutors/

#News #Texas #AttorneyGeneralOffice #BEXARCOUNTY #DallasCountyDistrictAttorney #HarrisCounty #KenPaxton #Lawsuit

A Harris County jury on Friday issued a death sentence to Oscar Rosales, who killed Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway during a traffic stop in 2022.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/06/13/524034/oscar-rosales-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-harris-county-precinct-5-cpl-charles-galloway/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #CorporalCharlesGalloway #DeathPenalty #DeathSentence #HarrisCountyJury #OscarRosales

METRO leaders are doubling down on reliability, cleanliness, safety and accessibility under the umbrella of “METRONow,” which observers say is essentially a rebrand of the former "METRONext" initiative.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/02/25/514702/houston-transit-authority-unveils-metronow-initiative-focused-on-cleanliness-safety-and-ridership/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #Transportation #BusRapidTransit #HoustonBuses #HoustonLightRail #Metro #MetroNext #METRONow

To drip, or not to drip, that is the question on many Houston-area residents' minds as the region prepares for the anticipated hard freeze and potential historic snowfall.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/01/20/511379/to-drip-or-not-to-drip-houston-officials-offer-conflicting-guidance-on-prep-ahead-of-winter-storm/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Weather #BurstPipes #FrozenPipes #HoustonHardFreeze #HoustonPublicWorks #HoustonWinterStorm

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Harris County are now required to have backup power generators that provide both heating and cooling. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/08/510172/harris-co-requires-senior-living-facilities-to-have-backup-generators-providing-heating-cooling/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Local #News #AssistedLivingFacilities #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #NursingHomes

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Harris County are now required to have backup power generators that provide both heating and cooling. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/08/510172/harris-co-requires-senior-living-facilities-to-have-backup-generators-providing-heating-cooling/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Local #News #AssistedLivingFacilities #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #NursingHomes

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Harris County are now required to have backup power generators that provide both heating and cooling. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/08/510172/harris-co-requires-senior-living-facilities-to-have-backup-generators-providing-heating-cooling/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Local #News #AssistedLivingFacilities #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #NursingHomes

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Harris County are now required to have backup power generators that provide both heating and cooling. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/08/510172/harris-co-requires-senior-living-facilities-to-have-backup-generators-providing-heating-cooling/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Local #News #AssistedLivingFacilities #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #NursingHomes

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Harris County are now required to have backup power generators that provide both heating and cooling. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/08/510172/harris-co-requires-senior-living-facilities-to-have-backup-generators-providing-heating-cooling/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Local #News #AssistedLivingFacilities #HarrisCountyCommissionerLesleyBriones #NursingHomes

City and county leaders called for leadership change at the Houston-Harris County Sports Authority ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.  

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2024/10/11/502715/houston-harris-county-leaders-call-for-new-leadership-at-sports-authority/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Sports #HoustonHarrisCountySportsAuthority #JohnWhitmire

Authorities have identified the body of the man who allegedly drove into the above-ground pipeline in La Porte, near Deer Park, starting a multi-day fire.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/10/01/501546/51-year-old-man-identified-as-driver-who-collided-with-deer-park-la-porte-pipeline/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #Local #News #DeerParkPipelineFire #EnergyTransfer #JohnathanMcEvoy #LaPortePipelineFire #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality

Attorney General Ken Paxton is threatening to sue counties that send out voter registration applications to people who haven’t specifically requested them. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2024/09/13/499961/paxton-threatens-to-sue-counties-that-send-out-voter-registration-applications-without-being-asked/

#Election2024 #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Voting #BEXARCOUNTY #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasVoterRegistration #TravisCounty

Two decomposing bodies were discovered in a trailer in a northwest Houston parking lot early Thursday morning.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/07/18/494012/two-decomposing-bodies-discovered-in-trailer-at-northwest-houston-donation-drop-off-site/

#Crime #HarrisCounty #Local #News #BodiesDiscovered #HoustonPolice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #MedicalExaminerSOffice

Harris and other major Texas counties say their local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/04/24/484385/texas-jails-have-an-overcrowding-issue-is-the-state-making-it-worse-by-delaying-prison-transfers/

#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #InDepth #Local #News #Texas #BEXARCOUNTY #DallasCounty #HarrisCountyJail #Jail #Overcrowding #Prison #StateTransfers #TarrantCountyJail #Tdcj #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #Understaffing

A lack of access to affordable health care among groups of Harris County residents is having a massive financial impact on the county's economy, according to a new report.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/medicine-wellness/2024/04/10/483183/unequal-access-to-health-care-is-having-a-hefty-financial-impact-on-harris-countys-economy-new-report-says/

#HarrisCounty #HealthScience #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Texas #Access #Disparities #EpiscopalHealthFoundation #HealthCare