Continued collaboration between justice stakeholders and a targeted approach to reducing time for case disposition will be critical for a sustainable reduction in jail population, according to county ...

Harris County Harris County Commissioners Approve Project List for $2.5 Billion Flood Control Bond. ... 2018, 3:00 PM (Last Updated: August 14, 2018, 6:11 PM) Share. Facebook. Twitter/X. LinkedIn.

Harris County commissioners voted to raise the minimum wage for some county employees, bumping their pay to $20 an hour. Some workers in Harris County could soon see a bump in their paychecks.

Pct. 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who proposed the program, said that Harris County's voter registration percentages have been consistently lower than Travis and Dallas counties in the past three ...

Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones applauded improvements made so far, but said fundamental changes still haven't been implemented, such as tracking the amount of interest the county owes.

Acknowledging "numerous errors" in previous campaign-finance records, Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole said today that he planned to review old reports to ensure they comply with the law ...

Harris County may have missed its last chance to adopt new tax rates for Fiscal Year 2023. The county could soon be stuck with the same revenue rate as last fiscal year, despite rising costs.

The sheriff's office told ABC13 that the Harris County Jail is short-staffed with 180 workers on Monday. To get more employees, commissioners approved a 12% raise last year.

HARRIS COUNTY – It’s an issue that Harris County Commissioners have been going back and forth over for weeks, and now, the time is up to vote on the county’s tax rate.. On Tuesday afternoon ...

Last week a wave of Harris County Republicans filed challenges contesting the results of their lost 2022 elections, citing issues at polling locations near county GOP strongholds. The next ...

Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, left, and Precinct 4 Commissioner R. Jack Cagle take a look at a card during Emmett’s last Commissioners Court meeting Dec. 18, 2018, in Houston.

Among the key decision makers in Harris County government are the five members of Commissioners Court. Unlike Houston City Council – which holds its nonpartisan elections in odd-numbered years ...