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Harris County

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Violence And Kidnapping In Nigeria Makes Its Way To Houston Courtrooms

    photo courtesy of beckstir01 Kidnappings, pipeline bombings and vigilantism has become a way of life for both offshore oil workers stationed along the coast of Nigeria as well as the oppressed native insurgency groups who carry out the violence. (Check out this week's feature about one Texan's re ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    For Their Own Good: A Chance at Rehabilitation

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    The 2008 Voting Charts: The Harris County DA Race

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Early Voting Still Shattering Records

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Ozone Levels Getting Nasty

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    It May Be Easier To Early-Vote In Montrose This Year

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Some Ike Statistics

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Baby, Please Don't Go

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    The 99-Cent Store Of Dogs

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    The Jail's Mental-Health Issues To Get An Airing

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    County Government's Ethical Problems Solved

    Teens could go to TYC till they're 19, then have another hearing to determine parole or prison after that.

  • News

    July 10, 2008
  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Useless Protest

    Homeowners find the rules can change from county to county

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Still Sucks to Be a Librarian, Even If You're Not Passing Out Drugs

    Homeowners find the rules can change from county to county

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Out of Order

    Homeowners find the rules can change from county to county

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    Sucks to be Gary Block

    Homeowners find the rules can change from county to county

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    No Pain, No Gain

    Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place to Meet Raging Singles

    Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Keeping It Real

    Spring Creek stands poised to ride into history, one way or another

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Champion of the Underdog

    Texas Defender Service

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    Bench Blues

    The judiciary starts scrambling after state cuts in visiting judges

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Local Girl Gone Bad

    Socialite Sanam Soudavar

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    The Old West

    He looks like Clint Eastwood and loves John Wayne; now this county official faces a showdown with Tomball's elderly

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Lethal Legacy

    Yates isn't dying to prove the equity of Harris County executions

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Change Change

    Visitors to the county jail can now get the most for their money

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Dems' New Year Vow: Oust GOP Judges

    Candidate recruits include a former Republican jurist

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Unfunding a Mandate

    By falling behind in reports on educating kids, Harris County may lose hundreds of thousands in state grants. Or more.

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Drug Resistant

    Harris County jailers are in no hurry to hand out meds to inmates with AIDS. Inmates claim this and other lockup practices endanger their lives.

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Not Worth A Dam

    Clear Creek is on the rise, and local flood-protection methods have been helpless against it. Soggy residents, tired of being perpetual victims, are ready for a fight.

  • News

    August 9, 2001

    Punched Out

    Have patience: From the wrath of dangling chads comes computerized dial-a-voting

  • Dining

    August 2, 2001

    Rib Ticklers

    Brother-in-Law's

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Mid-Summer Daydreams

    The Democratic Party chief is full of promises -- and attitude

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Subpoena Envy

    A legislative panel summons local GOP leaders to a show-and-tell

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Political Winds of Change

    A new county study predicts an explosive minority population increase

  • News

    January 13, 2000
  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Borderline Bond

    Local judges go anti-immigrant in bail policies

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Good Times, Bad Times

    A federal lawsuit accuses the county of upping the pressure for guilty pleas

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    News Hostage

    A federal lawsuit accuses the county of upping the pressure for guilty pleas

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Balancing the Bench

    Will race and bad blood play a part in the Guv's judicial picks?

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Dissecting Dr. Carter

    Harris County's chief pathologist finds herself under the microscope.

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    The Insider

    Harris County's chief pathologist finds herself under the microscope.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    The Last Safety Net

    In 1992, Harris County changed the way it cares for those who can't manage their own lives. Four and a half years later, social workers are swamped, and people like Miss Natalie suffer.

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    A Taxing Situation

    What are the penalties in Harris County's tax collection deal with Heard, Goggan?

  • News

    December 28, 1995

    Making a Killing

    Double dipping, understaffing plague the M.E.'s office

  • News

    March 30, 1995

    All the Law Enforcement You Can Afford

    Harris County has abdicated a basic responsibility of government: to provide for the public safety of all. Instead, those who have get and those who don't get the leftovers.

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    The Race Matter

    Harris County has abdicated a basic responsibility of government: to provide for the public safety of all. Instead, those who have get and those who don't get the leftovers.

  • News

    October 6, 1994

    Psychotic Reaction

    Need emergency psychiatric care in Harris County? Have a seat. Or call a cab.

  • News

    July 7, 1994

    Battle of the Bonds

    Bail bondsmen claim no-money bonds are putting criminals on the street

  • News

    June 9, 1994

    Open Mouths, Closed Hearts

    The Feds created a program to feed the hungry. In Harris County, it became a program to feed the greedy.

  • News

    February 10, 1994

    Defending the Indefensible

    Do court-appointed attorneys serve their clients or the courts?

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