The Latest Breaking News from Harris County

The coming mass migration of flood-prone areas will have huge social and economic costs – but the government doesn’t have an adequate plan

Skyrocketing ballot rejections, Democrats say, is "direct" and "intended" result of state's new voting restrictions

ATLANTA — We mentioned Deshaun Watson just the other day. That same day, a grand jury in Harris County, Texas, declined to indict him after an investigation into 23 lawsuits filed against him by women claiming sexual assault and harassment. Though 22 of those lawsuits remain active, the disinclination of…

While the prosecutor said this concludes the criminal proceedings in Harris County, the Texans quarterback still faces 22 active civil lawsuits.

Ahead of the quarterback’s civil deposition, here is what has happened on and off the field since his last game.

A grand jury returned nine “no” bills on the nine criminal complaints against the quarterback. A Harris County prosecutor announced he would not be charged.

A group of sleuths using "genetic genealogy" has broken open a 40-year-old cold case.

Loose campaign finance laws permit politicians in Harris County to hide relationships between top campaign donors and the contracting firms paid with public funds.

Efforts to reduce a backlog of tens of thousands of cases in Texas’ busiest court system got a boost with the reopening of a newly restored building for jury selection

SPRING, Texas — Dionna Jackson, 40, sat on a long wooden bench nervously scrolling through old text messages on her phone while waiting for her eviction case to be called. More than 87 people joined her in Harris County Judge Lincoln Goodwin’s packed courtroom on the last day of January.

“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says election clerk in Austin as pattern repeats across the state