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20 Jan 2016, 11:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Last week, I sat down with Grits' contributing writer Sandra Guerra Thompson to discuss her new book on forensics, Cops in Lab Coats, as well as an event being held at the University of Houston on Friday related to "Police, Jails, and Vulnerable Populations. [read post]
22 Feb 2014, 7:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few items that caught Grits' attention this week but haven't made it into independent posts:Covering Texas DA's racesSee coverage of DA's races in Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Bexar Counties.' [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 11:48 pm
The whistleblower also alleges former County Commissioner Phil Harris used his position to help his son, Steve, get a job with the Building and Planning Commission, says KXLY.com. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 8:27 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
According to the Texas Tribune, for example, the federal government has declared Harris County a primary care physician shortage zone. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 7:25 am
From The New Castle (Pennsylvania) News:The attorney who has represented accused criminals in Lawrence County for 16 years has now become a defendant himself.Public defender Harry O. [read post]
9 May 2007, 1:01 am
Harris and Dallas are among the non-compliant jails commissioners will discuss, and I want to see what kind of oversight state regulators are really providing these facilities. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 4:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But the subject also comes up for commissioners court elections in counties with out of town prisoners. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 6:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perhaps that's why county commissioners aren't automatically biting on the jail-building bait, again from the Globe-News:Commissioner H.R. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 8:50 am
The incident justifiably "reinforced his skepticism of any indigent defense system run at the whim of county commissioners. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 1:43 pm
Sanders has served as a commissioner at the Calaveras County Superior Court since 2015. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 6:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Also, several of the Governor's appointments to fill vacant judicial slots are up, including Judges Bradley Hart and Wesley Ward in Harris County, as well as the District Attorney for Aransas and San Patricio Counties Michael Welborn. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 6:07 am by Jim Sedor
Delegates Weigh Matching Funds for Candidates on a County-by-County Basis” by Rachel Siegel for Washington Post Ethics “FBI Conducted Predawn Raid of Former Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort’s Home” by Carol Leonnig, Tom Hamburger, and Rosalind Helderman for Washington Post “Secrecy and Suspicion Surround Trump’s Deregulation Teams” by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi for New York Times “Mueller, Several Team Members Gave Up… [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 2:57 am
"Harris County wouldn't have an overcrowding problem at all if it had an effective pretrial release program. [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 3:10 am
Why didn't County Commissioners simply call Houston's urban policy wonk, Tory Gattis, to sort all this out in the first place? [read post]
26 Oct 2019, 7:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Operation North Star in Harris County began in April 2017 and the San Antonio Violent Crime Task Force (Operation Alamo) in San Antonio and Bexar County began in January 2017, with DPS joining the operation in May 2017. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Would county prosecutors seek such long sentences if the state billed the local county-commissioners court for the cost of defendants' incarceration, including the medical bills for elderly prisoners, etc.? [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 3:38 pm by Herman Martinez
  He will be presiding over a new Veterans’ Court Program in Harris County, that will be the first of its kind in Texas. [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Now that the Harris County suit has settled, it seems likely that Dallas will be the first to reach that stage. [read post]