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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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#Crime #Local #News #HoustonFBI #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas
A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.
#Court #Immigration #International #National #News #Texas #AlienEnemiesAct #PresidentDonaldTrump #SouthernDistrictOfTexas #TrumpImmigrationPolicy #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VenezuelanGangTrenDeAragua
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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#Court #Development #Housing #News #ColonyRidge #ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau #DepartmentOfJustice #LoanOriginatorServices #TerrenosHouston #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas