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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.

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

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

[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

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

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

Gonzalo Leon Jr., accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman during a “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston last month, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder. He also had his bond amount raised.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/22/531593/bond-raised-to-1-3-million-for-houston-man-accused-of-killing-11-year-old-boy-over-prank/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #BailBonds #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #Indictment #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge

Defense attorneys for Gonzalo Leon Jr., who is accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman during a “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston last month, asked Judge Emily Detoto on Wednesday to lower Leon’s $1 million bond.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/17/531151/houston-man-accused-of-killing-11-year-old-boy-over-prank-asks-judge-for-lower-bond-amount/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #BailBond #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #JudgeEmilyDetoto #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge

A Houston Police Department spokesperson says a gun-related arrest made the night Gonzalo Leon Jr. allegedly shot and killed 11-year old Julian Guzman during a "ding dong ditch" prank last month was an unrelated incident.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/09/15/530878/gun-related-arrest-near-site-of-11-year-old-boys-shooting-was-unrelated-houston-police-say/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #HarrisCountyCourtRecords #HoustonPoliceDepartment #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge

A Houston man accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy during a “ding dong ditch” prank is being held in jail on a $1 million bond. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/09/03/529997/bail-set-at-1-million-for-houston-man-accused-of-killing-11-year-old-boy-over-door-knocking-prank/

#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #HelloHouston #Houston #Local #News #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySeanTeare #HoustonCrime #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge

The Houston-Galveston Area Council will be hosting a series of public meetings, starting this week, to receive feedback on its 2050 regional transportation plan. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/07/08/525931/houston-galveston-area-council-regional-transportation-plan-public-meetings/

#FortBend #Galveston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #HoustonTransportation #HoustonGalvestonAreaCouncil #MetropolitanPlanningOrganization #PublicMeetings #RegionalTransportationPlan

Just a few months after accepting the position, former Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has left her role as an advisor to County Commissioner Tom Ramsey.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/04/517838/former-da-kim-ogg-departs-role-in-harris-county-commissioners-office-after-short-stint/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Commissioner #Commissioners #HarrisCountyCommissionerTomRamsey #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #KimOgg

Houston Housing Authority president David Northern managed to hold on to his job despite criticism from Mayor Whitmire and a City Council member

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2024/10/10/502531/houston-housing-authority-president-holds-on-to-job-despite-criticism-from-mayor-whitmire/

#HarrisCounty #Housing #Local #News #DavidNorthern #HoustonHousingAuthority #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire

METRO transit authority to begin installing new bus shelters

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/07/22/494171/metro-transit-authority-to-begin-installing-new-bus-shelters/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Transportation #Metro #METROBusStops #MetropolitanTransitAuthority #NewBusStops

Since 2022, Harris County has been outsourcing inmates to the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County. Now, state officials determined both jails have been violating statewide safety standards.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/01/23/475120/state-inspection-finds-medical-neglect-other-violations-at-private-facility-housing-hundreds-of-harris-county-inmates/

#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #GilesWDalbyCorrectionalFacility #HarrisCountyJail #Noncompliance #Outsourcing #TexasCommissionOnJailStandards

A nearly $500,000 grant awarded this week by the Environmental Protection Agency will help the Houston communities of Fifth Ward, Galena Park, Pleasantville and Sunnyside monitor hazardous air pollutants over a three-year period.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2023/11/30/471206/epa-awards-another-500000-grant-for-air-quality-monitoring-in-houston-neighborhoods/

#EnergyAndEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthAndScience #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #airpollution #airqualitymonitoring #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #EnvironmentalIntegrityProject #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Houstonair