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More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

A Houston attorney has filed a lawsuit against several federal departments and officials in response to a mandate requiring some immigrants to register with the government, arguing the mandate violates Fifth Amendment protections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/08/08/528239/houston-based-attorney-sues-homeland-security-over-trump-immigration-mandate/

#Court #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #FederalLawsuit #HomelandSecuritySecretaryKristiNoem #PresidentDonaldTrump #USDepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas

A man with ties to the Houston area has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury on several criminal charges related to a 2023 fire in Huntsville that killed two people. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/11/526231/houston-man-federally-indicted-for-deadly-2023-huntsville-fire/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #ArsonCharges #Huntsville #SanJacintoCounty #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A man with ties to the Houston area has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury on several criminal charges related to a 2023 fire in Huntsville that killed two people. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/11/526231/houston-man-federally-indicted-for-deadly-2023-huntsville-fire/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #ArsonCharges #Huntsville #SanJacintoCounty #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A man with ties to the Houston area has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury on several criminal charges related to a 2023 fire in Huntsville that killed two people. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/11/526231/houston-man-federally-indicted-for-deadly-2023-huntsville-fire/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #ArsonCharges #Huntsville #SanJacintoCounty #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A man with ties to the Houston area has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury on several criminal charges related to a 2023 fire in Huntsville that killed two people. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/11/526231/houston-man-federally-indicted-for-deadly-2023-huntsville-fire/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #ArsonCharges #Huntsville #SanJacintoCounty #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A man with ties to the Houston area has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury on several criminal charges related to a 2023 fire in Huntsville that killed two people. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/11/526231/houston-man-federally-indicted-for-deadly-2023-huntsville-fire/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #ArsonCharges #Huntsville #SanJacintoCounty #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A Houston man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for pointing a laser at aircraft in 2021. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/05/29/522568/houston-man-sentenced-to-15-months-for-aiming-laser-at-hobby-aircraft/

#Airports #Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #FederalPrison #HoustonPoliceDepartment #LaserPointers #PoliceHelicopter #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WilliamPHobbyAirport

A group of 15 suspected gang members, many of whom are Houston residents, are accused of being involved in an alleged drug trafficking scheme that employed the use of a taco truck and the U.S. mail to deliver narcotics.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/05/27/522347/houston-residents-among-15-indicted-for-alleged-drug-smuggling-scheme/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Local #News #DrugTrafficking #HoustonPoliceDepartament #USDepartmentOfJustice #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas

The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965

The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965

The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965

The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965

The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/05/14/521333/spring-branch-isd-to-appeal-ruling-finding-district-in-violation-of-voting-rights-act/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965

A former Houston FBI agent has been sentenced to 4 months in prison after stealing over $10K during search warrants — including from a Jan. 6 defendant.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/05/13/521243/houston-fbi-agent-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison-for-stealing-money-silver/

#Crime #Local #News #HoustonFBI #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas

The family of a hostage killed in Houston during a botched rescue in 2018 will receive more than $2 million in compensation after a judge ruled an FBI agent was "grossly negligent" in the man’s death. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/03/10/515666/family-awarded-2-4-million-for-fbi-agents-negligence-in-2018-hostage-response/

#Court #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #CartelKidnapping #Fbi #FBIHouston #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #UlisesValladares #WrongfulDeathLawsuit

A Houston Judge has order the conversion of Turkey Leg Hut's bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/10/08/502304/turkey-leg-hut-bankruptcy-reclassified-from-chapter-11-to-chapter-7/

#Local #News #ThirdWard #TurkeyLegHut #USBankruptcyCourt #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas

A former Houston Livestock and Rodeo VP has been convicted of wire fraud for allegedly using his connections through the rodeo to make false loans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/09/27/501246/former-houston-livestock-rodeo-vp-convicted-of-wire-fraud-totaling-over-2-8-million/

#Crime #Houston #HoustonLivestockShowAndRodeo #Local #News #Fbi #HoustonLiveStockShowAndRodeo #MichaelWayneGalvan #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #WireFraud

A Texas judge denied most of Colony Ridge Development's motion to dismiss a DOJ & CFPB lawsuit.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/09/18/500318/colony-ridge-houston-federal-lawsuit/

#Court #Development #Housing #News #ColonyRidge #ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau #DepartmentOfJustice #LoanOriginatorServices #TerrenosHouston #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas