County Judge Lina Hidalgo is making calls for transparency after a Monday audit showed the Harris County Flood Control District allegedly failed to implement a reformed procurement process for selecting project vendors.
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Harris County leaders on Tuesday responded to County Judge Lina Hidalgo's announcement that she won't seek reelection next year.
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Hidalgo's two-term stint as county judge has been marked by successes, such as helping Houston-area residents navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, and public spats with other local elected officials, including fellow Democrats.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will not seek reelection for her seat in 2026, she announced Monday night in an interview aired by Houston TV station ABC13.
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Her announcement — which came months after candidates began announcing their intentions to run for her position next year — was aired in an exclusive sit-down interview with Houston TV station ABC13 late Monday. Hidalgo, 34, will continue serving as the county's top elected official until December 2026.
A rift between Harris County's top elected officials widened on Tuesday after commissioners declined to fund several childcare and health programs, prompting County Judge Lina Hidalgo to walk out during contentious budget discussions.
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The disagreement about county spending came weeks after Hidalgo was censured following a chaotic commissioners court meeting and tense discussions about her proposed tax rate hike to continue funding early childcare programs.
As Harris County commissioners race against the clock to bridge a projected budget deficit, residents urged the county's top elected officials to set their differences aside — including their disagreements about the extent of the deficit.
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The messaging from the public comes as Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and a group of commissioners she deemed the "GOP 3" — even though two of them are Democrats like Hidalgo — elevated conflicting accounts of the budget deficit both in a series of news conferences before and during a nearly 12-hour commissioners court meeting on Tuesday.
Alexandra del Moral Mealer, a METRO board member and former candidate for Harris County Judge, has thrown her hat into the ring for the Republican primary in the newly redrawn 9th Congressional District.
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Mealer is so far one of two local Republicans to announce a run for the 9th Congressional District, which Texas lawmakers have redrawn along with other districts in the Houston area and across the state to favor the GOP. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.
Ahead of an expected vote Thursday on potential departmental service cuts in an effort to reduce costs, Harris County elected officials from the same political party gave dueling outlooks on the county's mounting budget deficit.
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Commissioners Lesley Briones and Adrian Garcia, who are Democrats like Hidalgo, differed in their characterization of a projected $270 million budget deficit and how to trim it. They held dueling news conferences Thursday before commissioners court took up discussions on potential cost-saving measures.
A tax increase proposal to support a slate of education programs failed to meet a key deadline after Harris County commissioners said County Judge Lina Hidalgo's efforts to pass the measure disrupted decorum during Thursday's meeting.
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The proposal by County Judge Lina Hidalgo would have given Harris County voters a say on whether to support a tax increase to continue funding certain child care and education training programs. The initiatives were previously supported by pandemic-era federal dollars.
From The Texas Tribune, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo wants voters to approve a tax increase to extend the county’s efforts to improve the region’s child care landscape, work that began following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The latest campaign finance filing by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who hasn't revealed whether she'll seek a third term, shows she got $26K in donations during the last six months. But her amount of cash on hand ballooned from $41K to $600K.
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Hidalgo, who has not yet revealed whether she plans to seek a third term, received about $26,000 in campaign donations between January and June. But her campaign's cash on hand ballooned from about $41,000 to more than $600,000, because of refunds for legal services.
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