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6 Nov 2007, 5:23 am
Chatham County Commissioner Harris Odell has a good point when he says that many parents - usually men - who are delinquent on their payments might be willing to help support their children, but are unable to do so because they're under-employed. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 5:04 am
Just a few quick hits before I focus elsewhere this afternoon:Say "Howdy" to The Crime Analyst's Blog out of Bell County, TX. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 8:24 am
Earlier coverage of the capital and Harris County proposals at the links. [read post]
11 Sep 2007, 12:10 am
From the AP story it sounds like HISD hasn't yet come to grips with how harmful that could be.In other Harris County youth news, the Commissioners Court extended the curfew for kids under 17 from midnight till 6 a.m. in Harris County - it does not apply in Houston proper. [read post]
31 Dec 2016, 8:17 am
Two legislators - Rodney Ellis, now a Harris County Commissioner, and Ruth Jones McLendon, now retired to private life - deserve immense credit for pushing for the commission last session. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 5:38 pm
Meanwhile, others are calling for reforms to how SWAT-style raids are conducted.DA discretion the solution to budget constraintsHarris County DA Kim Ogg is still stinging from the commissioners court's rejection of her proposal to hire 100 additional prosecutors. [read post]
29 Aug 2019, 12:29 pm
” In 2001, under the forceful guidance of former Harris County Senator Rodney Ellis (current Harris County Precinct One Commissioner), the 77th Texas Legislature passed the Fair Defense Act, “creating the blueprint for distribution of indigent defense funding from the State of Texas to local government through the creation of the Task Force on Indigent Defense, the first state body to administer statewide appropriations and policies. [read post]
23 Nov 2006, 6:08 am
Senate, state Treasurer and Education Commissioner. [read post]
5 May 2010, 5:59 pm
Harris 91. [read post]
12 May 2013, 4:59 am
(The nine-year old Houston piece in particular unpacks the law-enforcement biases in backgrounds of many Harris County grand jurors with the assistance of academic researchers, an investigative method and story that Grits suspects could be replicated nearly anywhere.) [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 10:31 am
My employers at the Innocence Project of Texas (IPOT) offered to perform a "triage" role for those counties similar to that being performed by the Harris County Public Defender, the commission was told, but that process has barely moved past the discussion phase a [read post]
16 Oct 2006, 9:18 am
Harris, affirmed a conviction for tax evasion. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 6:01 am
Harried clerks are caught in tabloid news spotlight after filings by Britney Spears and Reese Witherspoon. [read post]
6 Dec 2015, 1:57 pm
Even if the commission drew up the map before the Shelby County decision, Harris argues, the district court ruled on his challenge after that decision: “A court must decide a case consistent with current law. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 10:00 pm
The Board also blames lack of oversight by the Jefferson County and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners for the accident. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:18 pm
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the cash bail system is currently before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, after prosecutors in Harris County, Texas, appealed a ruling by Chief United States District Judge Lee Rosenthal that the county’s cash bail policies and practices violated the equal protection and due process clauses of the U.S. [read post]
19 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
Campaign Finance Oregon: “Oregon Public Employee Unions, Interest Groups Launch Neutral-Looking Election Website to Sway Voters” by Hillary Borrud for Portland Oregonian Elections Florida: “Florida Acts to Remove Felons from Voter Rolls as Election Looms” by Gary Fineout for Politico Ethics National: “Twitter Changes Policy That Blocked a New York Post Story About Biden’s Son” by Elizabeth Dwoskin for Washington Post National: “White House Was Warned… [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 10:03 pm
No. 1—The massacre on Dec. 2, 2015 of 14 people in San Bernardino County, CA mostly involved those responsible for local food safety and related county health inspections and the homicides were carried out by Islamic extremists, including a county restaurant inspector. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 1:37 pm
(Kuff is helpfully running a series of Q&As for judges running in Harris County's Democratic primary.)At the court of appeals level, too few candidates have filed so far to tell what will be the key matchups. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am
After all, one supposes, he was only stealing from criminals.GOP critic blasts Montgomery County private prison maneuversA blogger at GOP Vote complains that the Montgomery County Commissioners Court has launched into a seemingly never-ending jail building spree without consulting voters. [read post]
