LINA HIDALGO

Judge Lina Hidalgo signed Thursday a disaster declaration for Harris County following the destruction of an EF3 tornado on Tuesday afternoon in the Houston area.

Kiowa Street in Pasadena is now lined with memories.

The Harris County judge planned to meet with officials in tornado-ravaged Pasadena upon her return Wednesday. Hidalgo visited an ill family member in Colombia and then took a vacation, according to her staff.

Eight cases have been filed by Republican candidates contesting the results of county's 2022 elections.

Mealer says she decided to file the contest after reviewing the post-election assessment submitted by Harris County's Election Administrator Clifford Tatum.

The former candidate claims the county has failed to adequately probe polling location issues.

Former Harris County Judge candidate Alexandra Del Moral Mealer said she will file an election contest following a post-election assessment.

The Harris County leader's team announced late Wednesday night she would miss the first meetings of the 2023 session, which starts this week.

Hidalgo is expected to be out of the country for about a week and likely will not participate in next Tuesday's meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court, according to her deputy chief of staff.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will take a temporary leave of absence beginning next week, her office announced Wednesday.

The newly reelected judge took aim at her detractors during an impromptu speech Monday night.

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Five community warming centers, including the George R. Brown Convention Center, will open across Houston on Thursday afternoon.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday provided an update on the hard freeze that’s heading to our area Thursday.

Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Friday the decision by her chief of staff, Alex Triantaphyllis, to depart from his current role in early 2023 “to pursue a new opportunity.” Hidalgo’s office said Triantaphyllis, who was one of three staffers indicted in March in an $11 million COVID-19 outreach contract investigation, will continue his public service in a new role in the Harris County Office of County Administration.

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A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will speak about her top policy priorities following the start of her second term.

Republican challenger Alexandra del Moral Mealer has conceded in the race to become Harris County judge, according to a statement released on her Twitter page. Judge Lina Hidalgo will now serve another term as county judge.

Mealer tweeted a concession on Wednesday morning after results from all 782 voting locations were posted by Harris County Elections. Hidalgo won by 15,957 votes, 50.74% - 49.25%.

GOP donors spent millions to unseat Hidalgo, a Democrat who leads the state’s most populous county, and take back a seat they lost four years ago. Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer conceded the race Wednesday morning.

A new poll from the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs shows the race for Harris County judge is in a statistical dead heat.

As polls opened across the county Tuesday morning, voters reported technical issues and long lines. As of 11:30 am, all sites were open, according to Harris County election officials.

The announcement was made Monday and comes after the mayor, county judge and county attorney jointly requested monitors from the Department of Justice.

More than $3.7 million in campaign contributions were made last month for Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer, whereas incumbent Democrat Lina Hidalgo raised more than $911,000.

Wednesday’s meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court brought to an end a two-month fight over the county’s budget and tax rates.

On Tuesday's show: The Supreme Court is considering affirmative action, we hear from incumbent County Judge Lina Hidalgo, we'll meet the President of UH-Downtown, and we learn about music in "just intonation."

A recent change in Texas' electioneering laws allows voters to wear clothing or apparel in support of a politician, but only if that person is not on the current ballot.

Hours after the deadly Astroworld Festival on Nov. 5, 2021, city, county and state leaders promised to get answers as to what went so horribly wrong.

State Republicans and local business leaders are betting big on the 38-year-old’s campaign to unseat Lina Hidalgo. Polls suggest the race is a dead heat.

It’s an issue that Harris County Commissioners have been going back and forth over for weeks, and now, the time is up to vote on the county’s tax rate.

Republican Commissioners Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey boycotted commissioners court for the sixth time in a row, preventing Democrats from adopting proposed lower rates before a Friday deadline.

Judge Lina Hidalgo, the Democratic incumbent, faces a stiff, well-financed challenge by Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer.

A recent wave of political ads and warnings from some in law enforcement paint a picture of a Houston in which crime is out of control.

The debate in the Houston area mirrors similar discussions around the country.

A letter from Paxton and the Texas Sec. of State's office prompted Lina Hidalgo and Harris County allies to call for federal oversight during the 2022 election.

Houston Public Media details four key races on the ballot this fall -- three of them are statewide contests and the other is in Harris County.

The Texas Secretary of State sent a letter this week to the county stating it would send a team of inspectors and election security trainers for November's election.

The Houston region’s high number of homicides, the state’s new abortion ban and a flood of campaign cash have made for a dramatic race to lead the state’s most populous county.

"I don't know who clipped their wings."

Conservative Harris County commissioners Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey have already said they will not be attending Monday's special session called by Judge Lina Hidalgo.

Harris County commissioners are set to attend a special meeting at 2 p.m. Monday.

The impasse over the Harris County budget continued Tuesday with Republican commissioners skipping a meeting for a third time in a row, blocking the Democratic majority commissioners court from adopting a new proposed tax rate.

Judge Lina Hidalgo signaled Commissioner Jack Cagle’s alternative tax proposal offered a way out of the impasse over setting a new tax rate for Fiscal Year 2023, but time for a compromise is running short.

A spokesperson for Hidalgo's campaign denied the claims.

A recent campaign ad for Alexandra del Moral Mealer, the Republican trying to unseat Democrat Lina Hidalgo as Harris County Judge, uses the idea of supporting cycling infrastructure as a means of criticizing her opponent.

IN THIS EPISODE: Alexandra Del Moral Mealer, the GOP Candidate running for Harris County Judge, talks about what led to her jump on the campaign trail with a goal to unseat incumbent candidate Lina Hidalgo.

Hidalgo, 31, said Thursday on social media that she was coping with "severe food poisoning" as well as an ovarian cyst.

The 31-year-old elected official wrote Tuesday on Twitter that she had gone to the emergency room to be treated for a fever, pain and dehydration.

Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle outlined a proposed tax reform plan Tuesday that he calls a “compromise” to break a stalemate over the property tax rate.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said Tuesday that she'd gone to the emergency room for illness.

Alexandra del Moral Mealer is challenging Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, citing issues with the rise in crime and criminals out on bail in an exclusive interview with Fox Digital.

Harris County Public Health announced Thursday that the COVID-19 Community Level has moved to the lowest level -- Green.

The family of Roderick Brooks announced on Wednesday the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit against multiple Harris County departments and officials, including the deputy who fired the fatal shot that claimed the life of the unarmed Black man.

The standoff over the Harris County tax rate and budget continued Tuesday with the county commission’s two Republican members skipping a vote on the matter for a second time.

Without four of the five Harris County Commissioners present, the court can't vote on the proposed property tax rate for fiscal year 2023, which starts October 1.

In an attempt to pass a budget for Harris County, Judge Lina Hidalgo said she is considering “any and all action” that would bring commissioners into Commissioners Court to allow a vote that she said would fund the budget.

Judge Hidalgo and public health officials are holding a news conference to discuss the possible impact on the health care system, as well as on other county districts, if the county does not make quorum at commissioners court Tuesday.

The new boosters target the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 and signups are now open for the public to get the updated shots.

The two Harris County commissioners who skipped Tuesday’s meeting to approve a tax rate and proposed budget stuck by their decision which forced the county to adopt a no new revenue rate.

Judge Lina Hidalgo held a news conference Monday afternoon to point out some investments that she said are included in the proposed Harris County budget of Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting.

Hidalgo's 10-point lead is notably higher than the one-point lead she garnered in a survey released in July.

Republican candidate Alexandra del Moral Mealer will face Democratic incumbent Lina Hidalgo in the upcoming November election.

Hegar had threatened to invoke a recently passed law that would force large counties to get voter approval before passing a budget that cuts funding to law enforcement.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called for a special meeting of the commissioners’ court Wednesday to authorize outside counsel to take legal action against state officials, including Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, in response to the comptroller’s recent claims regarding Harris County’s budgeting decisions under Chapter 120 of the Texas Local Government Code.

An adult with various severe illnesses, who was also presumptive positive for monkeypox, died Sunday, according to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Harris County Public Health

Texas banned 10 financial firms from doing business with the state after Comptroller Glenn Hegar said they did not support the oil and gas industry.

Earlier this week, Governor Greg Abbott claimed in a widely circulated news release that Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and others in the county administration were engaging in what amounted to illegally defunding Harris County’s various policing agencies.

President Joe Biden marked Women's Equality Day by blasting abortion restrictions as “beyond the pale.”

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo along with Congressional delegates held a news conference on Thursday introducing a $14.3 million initiative aimed at combating the growing mental health crisis, especially among our adolescent and youth population.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar singled out financial firms under a 2021 state law that prohibits most state entities from contracting with companies that have reduced or cut investments in the oil and gas industry.

"It's time to be vigilant, to get ahead of the virus, to surround it, by ensuring that the population most at risk is vaccinated," said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will provide an update on the monkeypox response and vaccination efforts Tuesday morning.

The number of monkeypox cases in Texas has surpassed 1,000 — an increase of more than 50% since last week. The state’s count also includes Texas’ first presumptive pediatric case in Harris County.

According to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county saw a 7% decrease in violent crime since June 2021, with a 4% decrease in homicides.

This is the first pediatric case in Texas and the seventh in the U.S., announced Harris...

The child is asymptomatic as of now and does not attend a school or daycare.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, along with the county and city health departments, and other medical community leaders, will provide a public health update Tuesday on the regional response to monkeypox and current vaccination efforts.

On Wednesday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Commissioner Rodney Ellis and members of the U.S. Congress announced a multi-million dollar initiative for Harris County’s youngest residents -- Brighter Futures for Harris County Kids.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will provide an update on the city’s response to monkeypox Wednesday.

Houston received over 16,000 Monkeypox vaccines, but demand still remains high.

The lion’s share of the bond referendum would go to cover roads, drainage, and transportation projects, while the rest would go to parks and public safety.

The lion’s share of the bond referendum would go to cover roads, drainage, and transportation projects, while the rest would go to parks and public safety.

The audit, for the county was randomly selected last week, comes on top of a separate audit the state is conducting of Harris County’s 2020 election.

The county only has about 250 vaccines left, according to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo provided an update on Harris County’s response to Monkeypox Tuesday morning.

More than 16,000 additional doses are being sent by the CDC, but the Houston Health Department says it could be several days before the first of three shipments arrives.

Monkeypox vaccine has not been widely available nationwide, and widespread vaccination is not recommended at this time.

Houston and Harris County officials said Tuesday they’re striving to get the monkeypox outbreak and the stigma associated with the virus under control before the spread becomes overwhelming.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner held a joint news conference Monday to discuss the growing number of monkeypox cases across the Houston area.

She is the incumbent, but if an early poll is an accurate indication, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will have a fight on her hands to stay in office.

We are counting down to Decision 2022 and several key races in Texas will be decided this November.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Sunday.

Judge Hidalgo provided an update Thursday on Harris County’s distribution of the recent FDA-authorized pediatric vaccines with Texas Children’s Hospital and Harris County Public Health Department.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Commissioner Rodney Ellis will hold a news conference Tuesday morning calling for a special session to address the ongoing gun violence among children.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo discussed the county’s extreme heat preparedness following a meeting with officials from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Public Utilities Commission of Texas and Harris County Emergency Management.

Judge Lina Hidalgo and Commissioner Adrian Garcia held a news conference Tuesday to release new data showing an increase in guns being used in homicides in Harris County.

Houston area leaders hosted a prayer vigil Thursday afternoon to honor the 10 Black people who were killed at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

In a Wednesday morning tweet posted by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the 31-year-old made it clear that she expects to face criminal charges in an ongoing investigation involving the Texas Rangers and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is urging child care providers across the county to take advantage of millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds before time runs out. Hidalgo is holding the discussion after visiting a child care facility Tuesday afternoon.