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Harris County approves $2.6 billion budget and tax rate increase for 2025

Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday gave final approval to its financial plan for the upcoming year, including an 8% increase in the county's property tax rate for the new fiscal year beginning on Oct.

Click2Houston · 23h

Harris County commissioners approve 2025 budget, 8% property tax rate increase

HOUSTON – The Harris County Commissioners Court gave final approval to its $2.67 billion plan for the new fiscal year. This includes an 8% increase in the county’s property tax rate starting Oct. 1. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Houston Chronicle · 3h

Harris County approves 8% property tax increase in new budget

Harris County Commissioners Court voted to increase property taxes from 3.5 percent to 8 percent under next fiscal year's $2.67 billion budget.

Hoodline · 1h

Harris County Approves $2.6B Budget with 8% Property Tax Hike Amid Disaster Recovery Efforts

Harris County approves a $2.6 billion budget with a temporary 8% property tax increase to fund storm damage repair and other services.

KHOU-TV Houston on MSN · 19h

Harris County approves 8% property tax hike

Harris County leaders passed a new budget and they also raised property taxes on Thursday. It was announced by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo at Commissioners Court. The county usually has to put any tax hikes above 3.

Harris County approves Diwali fireworks sales season

Yahoo · 20h

Harris County approves Diwali fireworks sales season, despite fire safety concerns

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

Houston Chronicle · 2h

For the first time, Harris County will allow fireworks sales to celebrate Diwali

This year's Diwali celebrations will be brighter than ever in the Houston area after Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday approved fireworks sales for the holiday for the first time.

FOX 26 Houston on MSN · 19h

Harris County allowing fireworks sales for Diwali

Fireworks were seen at commissioner's court as they discuss fireworks being sold for Diwali. FOX 26's Damali Keith has more details on what they talked about.

NASA astronauts to cast votes from space

Texas Public Radio · 48m

Harris County astronaut still plans to vote in 2024 election despite being stranded in space

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

CNN on MSN · 1d

Boeing Starliner astronauts will cast their votes from space

After NASA’s decision to keep them in space until 2025, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now cast their votes more than 200 miles above their usual polling place.

Daily Wrap on MSN · 6h

NASA astronauts to cast votes from space on election day

American astronauts from NASA will be on the International Space Station (ISS) on 5 November, Election Day, and will cast their votes via postal ballots, CNN reported. They will float 320 kilometres above the nearest polling station that day.

FOX 26 Houston on MSN6h

Harris County parents arrested for alleged assault of child, constable says

Harris County constable's deputies arrested two parents for allegedly assaulting a child in their home in the Spring area.

Hoodline22h

Harris County Sheriff's Office Seeks Help to Locate Missing Teen Lakayla Jackson-Thrasher in Houston

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is looking for missing 14-year-old Lakayla Jackson-Thrasher, last seen in Houston, TX.

Click2Houston17h

Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Harris County over new version of ‘Uplift Harris’ program

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

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Hundreds of Harris County inmates to be moved from closing west Texas private jail to Louisiana

The impending closure of the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County has Harris County making plans to move ...

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Reporters' Notebook: Covering criminal justice in Houston

Here & Now 's Peter O'Dowd wraps up our series about criminal justice reform in Harris County, Texas. He speaks with Houston ...

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Family looking for 50-year-old man who went missing near Harris County Jail

A family is asking for help finding a relative who went missing after being released from the Harris County Jail.

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Ken Paxton vs. Harris County: The battle over guaranteed income continues

It's the second time the Texas attorney general has filed suit against the county over the program that provides financial ...

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‘The guards wouldn’t do anything:’ Houston families outraged over death of loved ones in jail

“God help you if your loved one is arrested and having to be housed in the Harris County Jail,” says civil rights attorney ...

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