The Shelby County Commission "exceeded its authority" in attempting to realign the Memphis-Shelby County School Board Members' elections with those of the county commission, the school board announced ...

The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends these candidates in the Democratic primary for the Harris County district ...

Harris County E-911 received a call about a person being shot on Green Ridge Road in Cataula, the Harris County Sheriff’s ...

Harris County Democratic Party chair Mike Doyle, Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu (D-Houston), Houston-area U.S.

There must be a limit to the amount of time that the state can maintain a criminal prosecution without appointing counsel for ...

Two Democrats and one Republican are vying to become the first female county attorney in Harris County's history.

Harris County commissioners unanimously passed the March 19 formal public hearing date at the Jan. 29 court meeting.

Harris County is hiring 131 jailers to ease overcrowding. Grieving mothers demand medical staff instead after losing loved ...

Seventy-three percent of inmates in the jail are currently taking psychotropic medication, according to county data, while 77 ...

The condemnation comes as protests are planned around the country, including in Houston, in response to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

The motion to advance engineering services for Harris County’s road flood warning system prototype passed unanimously at the Jan. 29 meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court.

Harris County Precinct 2 is putting new money behind an ongoing effort to clean up dangerous and neglected properties that ...