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Harris County
Recent News About Harris County
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'I didn't meet my own standards': Harris County elections head Longoria resigns
Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria has tendered her resignation a week after her office became embroiled in a ballot count debacle.
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'These votes will be added': Nearly 10,000 Harris County ballots left off election night count
A few days after it finished tallying its votes in the 2022 primaries, the Harris County Elections Administrator's office revealed that nearly 10,000 ballots were left off the election night total.
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'This election was an unmitigated disaster': Harris County GOP chairwoman questions elections administrator's qualifications
Hours after Harris County completed tallying its votes in the 2022 primaries, Harris County Republican Party Chairwoman Cindy Siegel demanded that Isabel Longoria, the county's elections administrator, vacate the position or county leaders to terminate her from it.
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'Only now have our hospitalization rates dropped': Harris County's COVID-19 threat level moves down to orange
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has lowered the county's COVID-19 threat level from red, the most dangerous, to orange, an indication that the illness still poses a significant threat but infections and hospitalizations have decreased.
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‘Heartbreaking and disappointing’: Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constable fatally shot, two other deputies injured
A Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constable was fatally shot and two other deputy constables sustained injuries while working at a nightclub in north Houston last week.
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County commissioner raises 'concern' after a firm run by a former political campaign worker is awarded $11 million for vaccine awareness plans
A debate is on the rise after a former political campaign employee received $11 million in an effort to aid her firm's push for an increase in vaccinations.