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18 Nov 2017, 2:11 pm by John Floyd
Mark Herman, a three decade veteran with the Precinct 4 office, was appointed constable by the Harris County Commissioner’s Court in May 2015 and duly elected in November 2016. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 12:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"University of Houston assistant professor of criminal justice Larry Karson conducted a 2004 study that found more than half of the 129 grand jury commissioners selected in Harris County in a two-year span had close ties to the legal system. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 6:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" Police, prosecutors, civil rights groups and several judges heartily endorsed the change, including former Houston state district judges Joan Huffman, now a state senator and the vice chair of the committee, and Belinda Hill, now a Harris County first assistant district attorney. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 11:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" And perhaps she'd get a more welcoming reception in her budget asks at the commissioners court. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 5:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"I support the efforts in the Texas Legislature to abolish the jury commissioner system. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 7:02 am
"I was told [by TYC Executive Commissioner Cherie Townsend] that they're going to reimburse the funds," Mr. [read post]
15 Aug 2009, 1:04 am
It's up to the county commissioners court to pony up for jail health costs.For that matter, even if the county sends inmates elsewhere instead of housing them in Houston, Harris County is still responsible for ensuring they receive adequate healthcare wherever they send them. [read post]
2 May 2010, 8:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Even more interesting to me than the legislative implications of this topic - which might result in the Houston and DFW areas gaining a seat or two between them in the Texas House if inmates were all counted in their home counties - are the implications for drawing precincts defining county-level offices from commissioners to constables to justices of the peace. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 9:47 am
He is a past director of the Texas Young Lawyers, president of the Midland County Young Lawyers, and commissioner of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 2:28 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Pam Grennes from Mind Wanderings in San Antonio emails to let me know about a bill by state Rep. and former Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson that's up in the House County Affairs Committee on Thursday promoting the use of tents for county jail inmates, as usual modeling his suggestion on Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of Phoenix. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 2:32 pm
Maybe it's time for Smith county commissioners, judges and the DA to start looking more seriously at incarceration alternatives. [read post]
3 Oct 2009, 10:30 am
After much debate, the Harris County Commissioner's Court is going to install a Public Defender's Office in our county. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 10:01 pm by John Mesirow
., Justice on the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 8:06 pm
On a 3-2 vote, commissioners required project developer Clean Line Energy Partners of Houston to complete financing for the project before construction could start and to get commission approval for any cost to Illinois ratepayers. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 11:00 pm
" Listeners commenting at the Sports Media blog at www.chron.com reported hearing KGOW's signal in Pearland, Kemah and Cypress, but others reported problems listening in downtown Houston, the Heights, Kingwood, Spring and northwest Harris County. [. . .] [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The vote was delayed for two weeks but as the County Judge and 2 commissioners voiced support for the rate reductions, there's still a good chance it will go through.Travis County hires Public DefenderTravis County has hired the first leader of its new public defender office: Adeola Ogunkeyede, a University of Virginia professor and former attorney at the Bronx Defenders. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 3:56 pm
That's the title of an article in today's Houston Chronicle about George Whitaker and his clemency petition filed by former Texas district judge Jay Burnett. [read post]