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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

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/

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 City of Houston has launched a “Train Watch” webpage meant to provide residents with real-time information on rail crossings with stopped trains. They have long been a problem, particularly on the east side.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/08/19/529038/houstons-train-watch-first-step-in-improving-rail-crossing-safety-measures/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Local #News #PublicSafety #Traffic #Transportation #EastEndTrains #HoustonTrainWatch #HoustonTranstar #RailCrossing #StoppedTrains

More than a year after Hurricane Beryl left more than 2.2 million Houston-area homes and businesses without power, Harris County residents still have an overwhelmingly negative opinion of CenterPoint Energy, according to a new survey.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/08/12/528526/survey-houstonians-have-overall-unfavorable-opinion-of-centerpoint/

#EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Weather #CenterPointEnergy #HobbySchoolOfPublicAffairs #HurricaneBeryl #UniversityOfHouston #UniversityOfHoustonHobbySchool

After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/02/04/512920/after-hurricane-beryl-texas-lawmakers-push-for-generators-at-senior-living-facilities/

#HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Housing #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #Generators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerGenerators #SeniorLiving #SeniorLivingFacilitiesInHouston

A Houston man pardoned by President Donald Trump for crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was released from federal prison but is now wanted in Harris County on a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/01/27/512085/houston-man-pardoned-for-jan-6-conviction-wanted-for-online-solicitation-of-a-minor/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #AndrewTaake #FederalBureauOfPrisons #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorney #January6Pardons #January6thInsurrection #PresidentDonaldTrump

Harris County Democrats extended their multicycle winning streak of Harris County elections, taking the offices of sheriff, county attorney, county tax assessor-collector, and county commissioner for Precinct 1.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/11/06/504463/democrats-win-most-harris-county-elections/

#Election2024 #Elections #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #AnnetteRamirez #ChristianMenefee #EdGonzalez #HarrisCountyElections #HarrisCountyRaces #RodneyEllis #TomRamsey

A man facing murder charges in Houston was arrested Wednesday in Chicago near the DNC after having allegedly escaped from custody in Mississppi.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/08/21/497381/escaped-houston-murder-suspect-arrested-chicago-dnc/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #Houston #Local #National #News #EscapedMississippiInmates #HarrisCounty #HoustonPoliceDepartament #Murder

As the Fourth of July approaches, law enforcement officials from the city of Houston and Harris County warned that they will be on high alert for the long weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2024/07/03/492545/houston-area-law-enforcement-warns-about-drinking-and-driving-during-fourth-of-july/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Dui #Dwi #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartament