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Covering Houston City Council, Harris County County Council, Texas Legislature, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Harris County County residents.
Harris County County sits inside one of the most layered governmental structures in the region. Residents answer to at least five levels of elected authority simultaneously: the federal government, statewide offices, Harris County County Council, Houston City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Harris County’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX District 2), US Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX District 7), US Rep. Al Green (TX District 9), US Rep. Christian Menefee (TX District 18), US Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX District 29), US Rep. Brian Babin (TX District 36), and US Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX District 38) and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
Harris County County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the Houston Police Department budget run through Houston City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the Texas Legislature. The Harris County County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under TX Election Commission oversight.
HERE Houston covers Harris County County Council meetings, Houston City Council sessions, Texas Legislature session, federal delegation votes and town halls, school board meetings, and candidate filing windows. We also pull FOIA-sourced travel records and contracts at both the city and county level. If it shapes how Harris County County is governed, it’s HERE.
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