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col-sm-6 col-md-12"> <h4>Support Comes From</h4> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1394579228932-2"> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1394579228932-2'); }); </script> </div> </section> </aside> <section id="search-results"> <article id="post-513358" class="card post-513358 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-energy-environment category-environmental-justice category-harris-county category-houston category-local category-news tag-dioxin tag-environmental-protection-agency tag-fifth-ward tag-julia-c-hester-house tag-kashmere-gardens tag-union-pacific"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/02/10/513358/dioxin-levels-in-soil-near-fifth-ward-community-center-exceed-levels-safe-for-children-epa-says/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-390600 wp-post-image" alt="The Union Pacific Railyard, located near Kashmere Gardens. Residents say the railyard is responsible for the cancer cluster in Kashmere Gardens. Taken on Jan. 27, 2021." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02173638/DSC01754-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Environmental Justice</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/02/10/513358/dioxin-levels-in-soil-near-fifth-ward-community-center-exceed-levels-safe-for-children-epa-says/" rel="bookmark">Dioxin levels in soil near Fifth Ward community center exceed levels safe for children, EPA says</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-10T15:11:13-06:00">February 10, 2025</time></span> · The discovery is part of an ongoing investigation into contamination linked to the Union Pacific railyard, which is contaminated with creosote — a likely human carcinogen — that resulted in the Kashmere Gardens community being deemed a cancer cluster in 2019.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/dioxin/" rel="tag">dioxin</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/environmental-protection-agency/" rel="tag">Environmental Protection Agency</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/fifth-ward/" rel="tag">fifth ward</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/julia-c-hester-house/" rel="tag">Julia C. 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The charges against Dunn and Nader were dropped last week.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/aaron-dunn/" rel="tag">Aaron Dunn</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/alex-triantaphyllis/" rel="tag">Alex Triantaphyllis</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/county-judge-lina-hidalgo/" rel="tag">County Judge Lina Hidalgo</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/pre-trial-intervention/" rel="tag">pre-trial intervention</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-attorney-generals-office/" rel="tag">Texas attorney general’s office</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/wallis-nader/" rel="tag">Wallis Nader</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-512890" class="card post-512890 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-court category-harris-county category-houston category-local category-news tag-backlog tag-court-backlog tag-district-courts tag-harris-county-courts tag-harris-county-district-court tag-harris-county-population"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/02/04/512890/harris-county-courts-seek-expansion-to-address-population-boom-case-backlogs/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-349448 wp-post-image" alt="Harris County Courtroom" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/17153507/20191017-IMG_1778-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Court</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/02/04/512890/harris-county-courts-seek-expansion-to-address-population-boom-case-backlogs/" rel="bookmark">Harris County courts seek expansion to address population boom, case backlogs</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-04T17:29:23-06:00">February 4, 2025</time></span> · The proposed expansion includes seven new non-felony district courts: three new civil courts, three family courts and one juvenile court. Under the Texas Constitution, only the state legislature can approve the creation of a new district court.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/backlog/" rel="tag">backlog</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/court-backlog/" rel="tag">court backlog</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/district-courts/" rel="tag">district courts</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-courts/" rel="tag">Harris County Courts</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-district-court/" rel="tag">harris county district court</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-population/" rel="tag">Harris County Population</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-512853" class="card post-512853 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-crime category-criminal-justice category-harris-county category-houston category-local category-news tag-harris-county-jail tag-harris-county-jail-deaths tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office tag-inspection tag-jail-death tag-texas-justice-initiative"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/02/04/512853/another-man-has-died-in-the-harris-county-jail-the-third-death-this-year/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-450x338.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1000x750.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1067x800.jpg.webp 1067w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1536x1152.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-2048x1536.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="338" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-450x338.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-395670 wp-post-image" alt="Harris County Jail" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12155536/DJI_0036-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Criminal Justice</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/02/04/512853/another-man-has-died-in-the-harris-county-jail-the-third-death-this-year/" rel="bookmark">Another man has died in the Harris County Jail, marking its third death in 2025</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-04T12:23:03-06:00">February 4, 2025</time></span> · Kristopher McGregor, 39, died Jan. 30 after being in custody at the Harris County Jail for less than a month. He had been arrested on a theft charge.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-jail/" rel="tag">harris county jail</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-jail-deaths/" rel="tag">Harris County Jail deaths</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-sheriffs-office/" rel="tag">harris county sheriff's office</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/inspection/" rel="tag">inspection</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/jail-death/" rel="tag">jail death</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-justice-initiative/" rel="tag">Texas Justice Initiative</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-512544" class="card post-512544 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-houston-matters category-immigration category-news category-politics category-texas tag-border-and-immigration tag-hobby-school-of-public-affairs tag-immigration-policies tag-survey tag-texas-immigration tag-threat-of-deportation"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/01/31/512544/texans-divided-on-immigration-policies-and-border-security-new-survey-finds/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1500x1000.jpg.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-512115 wp-post-image" alt="Immigration Enforcement Maryland" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27180604/AP25027710085255-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Immigration</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/01/31/512544/texans-divided-on-immigration-policies-and-border-security-new-survey-finds/" rel="bookmark">Texans divided on immigration policies and border security, new University of Houston survey finds</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-31T15:35:21-06:00">January 31, 2025</time></span> · The survey found that 64% of respondents support providing undocumented people with a path to legal status in the U.S. if they meet certain requirements.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/border-and-immigration/" rel="tag">border and immigration</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/hobby-school-of-public-affairs/" rel="tag">Hobby School of Public Affairs</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/immigration-policies/" rel="tag">immigration policies</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/survey/" rel="tag">survey</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-immigration/" rel="tag">Texas immigration</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/threat-of-deportation/" rel="tag">threat of deportation</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-512340" class="card post-512340 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-harris-county category-housing 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type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-512425 wp-post-image" alt="Kris Donaldson, a member of the Coalition for the Homeless' outreach team, speaks to an unhoused man during this year's annual point-in-time count on Jan. 29, 2025. " decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/30121839/173A7194-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Housing</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/01/30/512340/outreach-teams-conduct-annual-count-of-houston-areas-homeless-population/" rel="bookmark">Outreach teams conduct annual count of Houston area’s homeless population</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-30T15:15:59-06:00">January 30, 2025</time></span> · The annual count, which runs through Thursday, helps officials track trends in homelessness and determine the resources needed to address the issue.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/coalition-for-the-homeless/" rel="tag">coalition for the homeless</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/homelessness/" rel="tag">homelessness</a> <a 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srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1500x1000.jpg.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-469354 wp-post-image" alt="Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo dismisses allegations of evidence tampering during a press conference on Nov. 10, 2023." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10145526/173A3656-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Harris County</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/01/29/512330/texas-ag-ken-paxton-moves-to-dismiss-charges-against-2-of-lina-hidalgos-former-staffers/" rel="bookmark">Texas AG’s office moves to dismiss charges against two of Lina Hidalgo’s former staffers</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-29T15:52:32-06:00">January 29, 2025</time></span> · This comes nearly three years after the former staffers were accused of steering an $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract to a preferred vendor.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/aaron-dunn/" rel="tag">Aaron Dunn</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-district-attorney-sean-teare/" rel="tag">Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare</a> <a 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href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/29/512337/how-trumps-immigration-mandates-have-played-out-across-texas/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1500x1000.jpg.webp 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-512338 wp-post-image" alt="FILE - Migrants hold Red Cross blankets after arriving at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol from Texas on buses, April 27, 2022, in Washington. The Pentagon has rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance for the thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/29141149/ap22217555692731-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Texas</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/29/512337/how-trumps-immigration-mandates-have-played-out-across-texas/" rel="bookmark">How Trump’s immigration mandates have played out across Texas</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/priscilla-rice-kera/" title="Posts by Priscilla Rice, KERA" class="author url fn" rel="author">Priscilla Rice, KERA</a> / <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/aaron-j-montes-ktep/" title="Posts by Aaron J. 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Chávez, The Texas Newsroom</a> / <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/angela-kocherga-ktep/" title="Posts by Angela Kocherga, KTEP" class="author url fn" rel="author">Angela Kocherga, KTEP</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-29T14:23:19-06:00">January 29, 2025</time></span> · The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/deportation/" rel="tag">deportation</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/immigrant-communities/" rel="tag">immigrant communities</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/immigration/" rel="tag">immigration</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-news/" rel="tag">Texas news</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/the-texas-newsroom/" rel="tag">The Texas Newsroom</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-512146" class="card post-512146 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-crime category-criminal-justice category-harris-county category-houston category-local category-news tag-harris-county-jail tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office tag-jail-deaths tag-lasalle tag-outsourcing tag-texas-jail-project"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/28/512146/2-people-died-in-harris-county-jail-marking-first-reported-deaths-this-year/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-450x300.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1000x667.jpg.webp 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-368879 wp-post-image" alt="People detained inside the Harris County Jail. Taken on July 25, 2019." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06120804/COUNTY-JAIL-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Criminal Justice</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/28/512146/2-people-died-in-harris-county-jail-marking-first-reported-deaths-this-year/" rel="bookmark">Two more Harris County prisoners die in custody, marking first reported jail deaths of 2025</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-28T14:07:39-06:00">January 28, 2025</time></span> · One of the prisoners died after being transferred to a private prison in Louisiana, an ongoing practice used to address chronic overcrowding within the downtown Houston jail.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-jail/" rel="tag">harris county jail</a> <a 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href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/01/27/512069/shots-fired-at-walmart-in-katy-by-disgruntled-former-employee-police-say/"><picture><source srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03054843/download-4-450x286.jpg.webp 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03054843/download-4.jpg.webp 880w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="286" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03054843/download-4-450x286.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-399705 wp-post-image" alt="Lights atop a police car / vehicle" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03054843/download-4-450x286.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03054843/download-4.jpg 880w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Crime</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/01/27/512069/shots-fired-at-walmart-in-katy-by-disgruntled-former-employee-police-say/" rel="bookmark">Shots fired outside Walmart in Katy by disgruntled former employee, police say</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-27T15:38:16-06:00">January 27, 2025</time></span> · According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the former employee was allegedly escorted out of the Walmart and "fired shots towards the freeway."</p> </div> <footer 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450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-439066 wp-post-image" alt="Harris County Jail" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08161847/20221208-173A5335-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Criminal Justice</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/27/511966/harris-county-jail-fails-safety-inspection-after-prisoner-death-related-to-lapse-in-security-rounds/" rel="bookmark">Harris County Jail fails safety inspection after prisoner death related to lapse in observations</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-27T14:13:12-06:00">January 27, 2025</time></span> · State safety inspectors found that "face-to-face observations had not been conducted as required" in connection to a recent in-custody death at the downtown Houston jail.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="screen-reader-text"><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-jail/" rel="tag">harris county jail</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-jail-deaths/" rel="tag">Harris County Jail deaths</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/harris-county-sheriffs-office/" rel="tag">harris county sheriff's office</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/jail-death/" rel="tag">jail death</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/safety-inspection/" rel="tag">safety inspection</a> <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/tag/texas-commission-on-jail-standards/" rel="tag">Texas Commission on Jail Standards</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article><article id="post-511805" class="card post-511805 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-harris-county category-houston 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https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes='auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px' type="image/webp"><img width="450" height="300" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-470309 wp-post-image" alt="During a press conference on Nov. 20, 2023, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez spoke about the arrest of Ronald Lewis, a Houston attorney who allegedly smuggling drug-laced papers into the Harris County Jail." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20163806/173A3689-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" data-eio="p" /></picture></a> <div class="card-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3>Immigration</h3> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/01/24/511805/its-unclear-if-houston-area-authorities-intend-to-assist-with-trump-era-immigration-enforcement/" rel="bookmark">Houston-area authorities reluctant to discuss Trump-era immigration enforcement</a></h2> <div class="screen-reader-text"><address class="vcard author"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/author/lucio-vasquez/" title="Posts by Lucio Vasquez" class="author url fn" rel="author">Lucio Vasquez</a></address> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p><span class="posted-on"><span 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