Search for: "Houston County Commissioners"
Results 61 - 80
of 435
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
5 Jan 2012, 5:59 am
(E.g., "Precinct 3 Commissioner Steve Radack said that if Parker thinks she has a better model than the county, she should pursue it on her own. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 12:39 pm
Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "Montgomery County tries team approach to help mentally ill. [read post]
8 May 2009, 12:10 am
According to the Houston Chronicle ("Harris County cuts Sheriff's wish list," May 5) :The Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday tossed out almost all of Sheriff Adrian Garcia's requests for federal stimulus funding, instead allocating his office $6.2 million for electronic inmate medical records. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 1:33 am
A local TV station reports that Harrs' decision to outsource will subsidize Bowie County taxpayers and bail the commissioners court out of an otherwise speculative and uncertain financing situation for their overbuilt jail. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 7:56 am
It is a division of the Harris County Attorney’s Office, which provides general oversight and interaction with other county departments including the Budget Office and Commissioners Court. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 5:49 am
What we do know is that, including the fusion center money (which came from a federal grant), those three payments alone total $1,964,962 that the Harris County commissioners court spent on this one surveillance tool between 2011 and 2013 (so far). [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 5:31 am
In November 2010, Alex Bunin was appointed Chief Public Defender by the Harris County Commissioner’s Court. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 8:21 am
"County can save money with public defenders," is the OpEd by Cynthia Hujar Orr and Norman Lefstein in today's Houston Chronicle. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 11:22 am
At the last County Commissioner’s meeting, they voted to bring in some experts, probably from the Pretrial Justice Institute, to assess their system and give advice for improvement. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 1:12 pm
The $18,936.88 bill from the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council also drew the ire of Commissioner Tom McMichael. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 7:01 am
It's hard to imagine that the top earning jailers in Harris County earn upwards of $150K per year, but that's the case thanks to an overstuffed, understaffed jail that pays out oodles of overtime, the Houston Chronicle reports ("Taxpayers get tab for OT at Sheriff's office," April 12):In a 4,300-employee department, the 67 who earned at least $50,000 in overtime last year accounted for $4.1 million in time-and-a-half pay. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 1:02 pm
Joan Huffman this week filed SB 1185 which, according to a Houston radio station:creates a pilot program to reduce recidivism of individuals with serious mental illness in the Harris County Jail, which she says is regarded as the state’s largest mental health facility. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 9:23 am
Steve McVicker had "County begins review of 180 HPD crime lab convictions," in yesterday's Houston Chronicle.Harris County judges Monday began re-examining 180 criminal convictions involving problematic Houston crime lab evidence, asking inmates via video hearings if they wanted their cases included in the review process. [read post]
5 May 2008, 11:53 pm
Commissioner Garcia is spot on that the solutions lie in re-examining the process, not throwing more money at the problem.As long as Sheriff Thomas, Chuck Rosenthal, and Houston's current crop of ex-prosecutor judges runs the show, however, such a review would be pointless. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 10:58 am
A committee that will be chaired by County Judge Ed Emmett and include Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt, Commissioner Sylvia Garcia and juvenile court Judge Mike Schneider will hold its initial meeting Wednesday to discuss ways of implementing the report's recommendations. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:06 am
Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has advocated for a Harris County public defender and sponsored enabling legislation. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 7:52 am
That's the title of Lisa Falkenberg's column in today's Houston Chronicle. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 6:52 am
The Geo Group is a heavily leveraged company.In closing, here are a few more Texas-specific tidbits culled from Geo's 10-K:"On May 4, 2009, we announced that we executed a contract with Bexar County, Texas Commissioners’ Court for the continued operation of the 688-bed Central Texas Detention Facility located in San Antonio, Texas. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 9:35 am
Two former crime lab employees have filed a civil suit in federal court alleging retaliation by outgoing Harris County DA Pat Lykos for revealing damaging information about Houston PDs blood alcohol testing vans, or BAT vans, as they're universally known. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 7:52 am
" Countywide, "The 18 funds - controlled by the sheriff, district attorney, constables, county commissioners, county attorney and fire marshal - hold a total of $38 million, according to the most recent accounting by county auditors. [read post]
