February 9, 2022
Efforts to reduce a backlog of tens of thousands of cases in Texas’ busiest court system got a boost Feb. 7 with the reopening of a newly restored building for jury selection. Officials and attorneys say bringing some normalcy back …
May 23, 2021
Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on May 21 after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane Harvey, would be getting only a small part of the $1 billion that Texas is awarding as …
July 14, 2020
Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, both Democrats, …
July 6, 2020
Leaders in two of Texas’ biggest cities are calling on the governor to empower local governments to order residents to stay home as the state’s continued surge in coronavirus cases tests hospital capacity. Austin Mayor Steve Adler told CNN’s “State …