Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare declared Tuesday that the criminal case backlog that has plagued the local justice ...

If passed, the policy would be the first for a Texas county. Some cities and school districts have similar policies.

After months of declining criminal caseloads in Harris County courts, prosecutors on Tuesday declared victory in clearing out a crippling backlog of felony cases.

The jail had been out of compliance with minimum state standards set by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards since January ...

Harris County Commissioners Court is set to meet Thursday for the first time since County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s highly publicized dispute with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a controversy that ...

The March 19 Commissioners Court meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the county's administration building located at 1001 Preston St., Houston.

Item 282, listed under Precinct 1 on the March 19 agenda, asks commissioners to adopt an order establishing a consultation ...

Republican Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey called for County Judge Lina Hidalgo to resign after her removal from the ...

Harris County leaders are divided over a proposed worker consultation policy involving a major public-sector union, with ...

It was not immediately clear Monday if Hidalgo planned to attend Thursday's Harris County commissioners court meeting.

Harris County District Attorney to announce plans to tackle long-standing criminal case backlog, aiming to restore justice ...

Though Texas law prohibits public employees from collective bargaining, the proposed local program could make it easier for ...