The Harris County health department said Thursday it’s investigating a reported measles case in a child with no travel history, which would make it the first case in the Houston area this year that is not associated with international travel.
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The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved Senate Bill 8, which would require sheriffs in the state's largest counties -- including Harris County -- to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"Three weeks after U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death and just over a month before the state’s next uniform election, Gov. Greg Abbott has not yet called a special election to fill the seat representing parts of Houston, a Democratic stronghold, in Congress."
About 773,000 Houstonians will have no representation in Congress for about a year 
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/26/greg-abbott-sylverster-turner-democrat-special-election/
The Texas Tribune · Gov. Greg Abbott showing no rush to replace late U.S. Rep. Sylvester TurnerRepublicans hold a tiny majority in the House, creating an incentive for Abbott to hold off on calling an election for Turner’s seat, which would likely be filled by a Democrat.
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
The Texas Senate is considering a bill that would require sheriffs in the state's larger counties, such as Harris County, to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Texans who fall behind on their property taxes face one of the most punitive systems in the nation, where private collection companies can tack up to 20% onto their bill.
Houston police in April will conduct the largest drug burn in the state's history in an effort to alleviate backlogged narcotics evidence, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said.
Houston and Harris County leaders, along with local health officials, have two main messages for residents of the region: Get vaccinated against measles and get familiar with its symptoms.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said the county is at risk of losing up to $600 million in federal grant initiatives as President Donald Trump's sweeping freeze on federal spending remains in legal limbo.
A new study from the Houston Advanced Research Center has found some neighborhoods in the region could be up to 14 degrees hotter than others at the same time on the same day.
Almost five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Houston's annual rodeo. Now, as vaccination rates have since declined in the region and across the state, a measles outbreak is budding in Texas as this year’s rodeo is set to start.
A large swath of East Harris County along the San Jacinto River -- where toxic waste was identified more than a decade ago -- was found to have 'significantly greater' instances of some types of cancer compared to the state average.
Harris County has joined a nationwide legal effort seeking to block funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made by the administration of President Donald Trump.
A spaghetti bowl in Houston,
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and #SilentSunday submission of the sky on fire. Sunset in west #HarrisCounty Texas
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lunch specials - Peaches!,
a passenger princess selfie
and #SilentSunday submission of the sky on fire. Sunset in west #HarrisCounty Texas
#PhonePhotography
A spaghetti bowl in Houston, lunch specials - Peaches!, a passenger princess selfie and #SilentSunday submission of the sky on fire. Sunset in west #HarrisCounty Texas
A woman arrested at the airport late last year as a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Houston cyclist has had the charges against her dropped, according to court documents.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found levels of toxic chemical contamination in the soil at Julia C. Hester House, a community center in Houston’s Fifth Ward, that exceed the agency’s screening levels for children.
Andrew Taake, a Houston man pardoned for his crimes on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested Thursday in Leon County for a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor.
After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.
Another prisoner has died while in custody at the Harris County Jail, marking the third reported death so far this year.