Harris County’s top elected tax official hasn’t swiped into the office ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Where has Harris County’s Tax Assessor-Collector been? A recent Houston Chronicle investigation found that the top tax official in Texas’ most populous county has not shown up to her office in four years. Documents show Ann Harris Bennett, an elected official, last swiped into the county building where she works back in late 2020.
Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
From abortion to insurrection: a fact check of the Cruz v. Allred ...
Oct 16, 2024 · From Houston Public Media:. Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Colin Allred hammered each other for an hour in the sole debate of the 2024 Texas Senate election. Neither managed to land a knock-out blow, but both made their fair share of questionable charges.
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
Lawmakers started filing bills this week for the 2025 legislative ...
Nov 13, 2024 · This week opened the gates for lawmakers to file bills for the 2025 legislation session, which starts in January. By Tuesday, lawmakers had filed over 1,500 bills, and those will continue to flow in until the March 14 deadline. Many more bills are filed than pass both chambers — last session only about 15% of bills passed into law.
Nearly 30 years since her death, Selena’s reign as Queen of Tejano ...
Oct 1, 2024 · From the Voces Oral History Center:. Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Along with her two older siblings, she formed a band and played at their family’s restaurant and other small venues.
Fact-check: Is Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern …
Oct 12, 2022 · From PolitiFact:. Republicans have praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent decision to use taxpayer money to fly two planes of Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.. Meanwhile, in Congress, some GOP lawmakers have raised flags about Venezuelan immigrants at the southern border, citing an alleged Department of Homeland Security report saying ...
Get ready, Texas. Severe winter weather is expected this weekend …
Jan 12, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Most of Texas will be hit with sub-freezing temperatures in the next few days as an arctic blast prepares to blanket much of the state. That means the balmy conditions most Texans have enjoyed this week will be replaced by lows forecasted to drop into the teens — or lower — according to national forecasters.
The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In ... - Texas …
May 30, 2019 · The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In Something Other Than Friendship “Texas” allegedly comes from the Caddo Native American word for “friends,” but one Spanish researcher is challenging that long-standing story.
Texas Lotto changes rules after a Houston Chronicle investigation
Aug 22, 2024 · Last month, a Houston Chronicle investigation revealed how wealthy investors were gaming the Texas Lottery, buying up millions of tickets to ensure a winning number.. That story caught the attention of lawmakers who have scrutinized the Texas Lottery Commission over allowing the practice.