CITY & COUNTY
Pending application approval, Pearland plans to spend $478,854 of Community Development Block Grant funds on mental health and other services. (Community Impact file photo)
Pearland to spend Community Development Block Grant funds on mental health, other services
Despite some council members’ efforts to lower the budget and tax rate, Pearland City Council on Sept. 26 gave final approval to both at the same amounts as presented at the first reading Sept. 12. (Community Impact file photo)
Pearland City Council 'compromises' by passing budget, tax rate
An empty leather chair is next to a woman with glasses in a green blouse. Another woman in a black shirt is sitting behind the chair.
Harris County commissioners to revisit tax rate vote Sept. 27
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Harris County voters to decide fate of $1.2B bond referendum funding roads, parks, public safety facilities on Nov. 8
A bulldozer is slightly out of the frame of a picture and is atop a torn-up concrete road.
Harris County sets community engagement meetings for $1.2B bond referendum
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Harris County cuts proposed budget, waits on tax rate vote as commissioners Tom Ramsey, Jack Cagle sit out meeting
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Harris County Commissioners Court Sept. 13 preview: Public hearings, vote on tax rate and budget
One of the byproducts from the Raftelis report in Pearland was to create the Pearland Water brand, according to a city official. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
Pearland officials hope 32/30 ending puts water issues in past
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Harris County commissioners set stage for tax rate vote
Pearland City Council members who own or have a substantial interest in certain businesses now have to abide by slightly stricter rules when it comes to deals with the city. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
Pearland’s summer of ethics talk ends in extra regulation, finance disclosure webpage
An orange sign indicating high water is atop a road with standing water, and a blue truck is driving through the water.
Harris County commissioners approve $750M flood mitigation grant
Brazoria County on Aug. 29 ended the burn ban that was in effect for over two months. (Courtesy Pexels)
Brazoria County lifts burn ban following recent rainfall
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Harris County budget director proposes $2.24B budget
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Harris County commissioners lift burn ban
A high school student wears a gold graduation robe next to a woman in a burgundy dress.
Harris County commission presents school safety recommendations
A white logo on a glass window saying "Harris County Texas" on a door to the courtroom is in the foreground, and there is an orange courtroom visible in the background behind the glass with at least a dozen people sitting or standing in the room.
Harris County Commissioners Court preview: Budget briefing, bond outreach, November elections preparation
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Clifford Tatum approved as Harris County’s next elections administrator
The Pearland Fire Department will have a new assistant chief beginning Aug. 20. (Courtesy city of Pearland)
Pearland Fire Department promotes Jacob Johnson to assistant chief
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Harris County commissioners put $1.2B bond on November ballot in split 3-2 vote