Multi-billion dollar low income housing scheme
The multi-billion dollar low-income housing scheme that's produced plenty of wealth for developers, but almost no habitations for the most needy.
City of Houston's short and long term financial health
Lots of debt, lots of critical needs and not near enough income to cover the current and most importantly, future costs. A cold, hard assessment of Houston's financial health.
Rep. Crockett called out for 'hot wheels' comment
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett mocking Governor Greg Abbott's physical disability and catching plenty of grief because of it. The freshman Democrat from Dallas drawing plenty of clicks with her new brand of profanity-laced pushback aimed at the Republican opposition Houston area rep Randy Weber, calling for punishment of Crockett with a formal censure.
U.S. Democrats looking for a new leader
New blood, new leadership. With their approval ratings dipping to historic lows, National Democrats seem desperate to dig into their "farm system" and uncover a rising start to elevate. At least the democrats don't seem too interested in calling up a certain county judge from "the minors."
Amanda Edwards enters District 18 race
Eight days past the burial of Congressman Sylvester Turner and the field of aspiring successors has grown.
Cruz pledges to punish Republicans who vote against school choice
As if House Republicans opposed to school choice didn't have enough on their hands. With Governor Greg Abbott looking to claim their political scalp. Now, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is very publicly vowing a scorched earth primary vendetta against any GOP member seeking to torpedo the effort to fund private education with public dollars.
Texas Democrats on bond reform
Houston Democrat State Representative Ann Johnson, who voted against bond reform last session, trying to convince Texans it's not really needed now, or at least not the version put forward by SJR five and its House companion HJR 15. It certainly appears Johnson and her allies are disregarding and discounting the pleas of Houston crime victims, insisting they know better.
Houston-area crime victims demanding bond reform
It never gets easier. It never gets less disturbing to hear the life-long anguish of Houstonians who've had their loved one slaughtered by predators. Criminals who should have been kept in jail, but who were cut loose on bond or parole instead. Survivors did not sugar coat their testimony to lawmakers or the people of Texas.
TX Senate passes bill to ban THC products
State Senator Charles Perry assessing insidious synthetic THC products sold legally over the counter in the Lone Star State Commerce, which has exploded into an $8 billion business in just three years, citing an industry which has refused to "self-regulate and a mounting number of human casualties." Perry's Senate Bill three bans the sale of all THC products for the foreseeable future, a prospect which will likely wipe out thousands of smoke shops across the state of Texas.
TX Senate passes several GOP priority bills
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick hammered Republican priority measures through the chamber. He leads a full two and a half months before the sessions scheduled completion, which means the pressure is squarely on the shoulders of House Speaker Dustin Burrows and his Republican majority. To get all of them across the finish line and to the Governor's desk.
Houston employee payouts, Texas school choice, Rep. Sylvester Turner, and more | What's Your Point?
FOX 26 Houston Political Reporter Greg Groogan talks the latest in local, statewide, and national politics.
Legacy of Congressman Sylvester Turner
Congressman Sylvester Turner, Houston's 62nd mayor, laid to rest Saturday. He was 70 years old.
D.A. Teare says he's unlikely to prosecute criminal trespassing
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, discussing his reluctance to prosecute criminal trespass cases and his intention of collaborating on a "civil commitment strategy" during which defendants would be subject to an emergency detention order and agree to 90 days of comprehensive treatment,
City of Houston offering retirement payout to eligible employees
Houston Mayor John Whitmire, taking a very concrete step toward closing the city's budget gap by offering buyouts to nearly 3,000 city employees. Whitmire tells FOX 26 that Houston has more municipal workers per capita than any comparable city in the country.
Bond reform to go before the TX House again this week
Houston State Representative Ann Johnson taking to Twitter for a spirited defense of Judge Hilary Unger and her lack of legal authority to hold an accused cop killer without bond,
Disparities in HISD's campus utilization
Rice University's Baker Institute fellow Bill King capsulizing a deep dive into the state of Houston ISD campus utilization.