Hundreds of Harris County Jail inmates will be moved out of a West Texas private prison in the coming week after the facility ...

Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday gave final approval to its financial plan for the upcoming year, including an 8 ...

Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election ...

Uplift Harris, as the local program is called, is designed to give financial assistance to low-income households picked ...

Harris County Commissioners voted to add a fireworks sales season specifically for Diwali, despite concerns raised by fire ...

Usually, property tax increases have to be approved by voters, but state law allows an exception.

Harris County commissioners are set to advance an 8% property tax hike, which does not require voter approval due to federal ...

Christian Menefee accused Paxton of "using people living in poverty as a means to score political points" after he challenged ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is not letting up on efforts to stop the controversial Uplift Harris program.

Harris County commissioners approved an increase in the county's property tax rate at a Sept. 19 meeting. The tax rate was ...

The voters range in age from 18 to 49 and include a woman who recently became a U.S. citizen. When the Beacon Journal first ...

Harris County, Texas has high school football games on the calendar this week, and the inside scoop on how to watch them is ...