Sarah Grunau

Harris County's top elected official also claimed she had been denied access to NRG Stadium until two days before the start of the World Cup. The county owns the stadium, which is under FIFA control during the soccer tournament.

Hundreds of people turned out to Kamin's swearing-in ceremony at the Sylvester Turner Conference Center downtown Monday where she vowed to fight for vulnerable Harris County communities upon taking the seat.

Commissioner Adrian Garcia says that without a look at a pool of qualified candidates, there's no way of knowing whether potential appointee Marcus Stuckett stands out.

Leaders promised a lot of change after floodwaters tore through Kerr County in 2025, killing more than 100 people. A year later, where do things stand?

Leaders promised a lot of change after floodwaters tore through Kerr County in 2025, killing more than 100 people. A year later, where do things stand?

Even after seeing what can happen when the Guadalupe River swells, residents in neighborhoods hit hardest by the 2025 floods say they've never considered leaving. Miles Murayama stays for his neighbors and the usual peacefulness of the river.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week during what the agency has called a “targeted enforcement operation” in Houston's East End.

“After the Flood,” a collaboration of The Texas Newsroom and PBS' Frontline, is an intimate and deeply reported look at catastrophic flooding in Central Texas.

The rejection came almost one year after commissioners voted against Hidalgo's first penny-tax proposal and said the county judge's efforts to pass the measure to support a slate of education programs disrupted decorum as she brought a group of children to the meeting in 2025.

The longtime Houston man's death drew national attention and raised questions surrounding the incident — which federal authorities said happened when he attempted to run over an ICE agent with his vehicle.