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Holly Hansen
@hollyshansen
Contributing writer for @TheTexanNews, Guest panelist on FOX26 #Houston "What's Your Point?" #Christian #GreatBooks #txlege History is relevant.
Sep 18 • 37 tweets • 6 min read
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Today Harris County Commissioners Court-governing body for Texas’ largest county-will meet at 10 am. There are 501 agenda items and a public hearing on tax rates. #Houston

County Judge Lina Hidalgo has been at odds w/fellow commissioners…

thetexan.news/elections/2026… The agenda may be found here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov

Live Stream here: harriscountytx.gov/Government/Cou…
Aug 7 • 32 tweets • 5 min read
Today at 10: meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court, governing body for #Texas largest county. Agenda includes County Judge (chief executive) Hidalgo’s proposed tax increase. #Houston

Background: thetexan.news/issues/texas-t… Two members of the 5-member commissioners court have already indicated they’ll be a “no” -@AdrianGarciaHTX and @TomSRamsey2, so all eyes are on @HCP4__Briones and @RodneyEllis to see where they will fall on the proposal.
Jun 3 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Happening soon: @GregAbbott_TX bail reform bill signing at @CrimeStopHOU with @joanhuffman & other #txlege officials. Image Quite a group of lawmakers, law enforcement, local elected officials, and victims families on hand. #Houston. Image
Nov 15, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Breaking: Sources say due to mail in & provisional ballots just counted in the past 24 hours one Harris County judicial race will flip: Now Democrat Perdue will win 133rd district court by 774 votes over GOP Landrum. #Houston The issue is similar to 2022, when initially GOP Tami Pierce was leading until later arriving ballots were counted giving DaSean Jones a win- that race is now set for a "do-over" next year.
Oct 23, 2024 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Happening now: continuation of hearing on Kemah’s closure of 6th Street.

Business owner testifying said that city officials told him emergency vehicles could just drive over the bollards installed to block off the street.

Background: thetexan.news/judicial/galve… One property owner says business is down by at least 20%. His mortgage is $16k per month, one tenant paying $10k a month, a restaurant, is in danger of shutting down.
Oct 14, 2024 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Happening now: Injunctions hearing in Galveston over Kemah’s closure of 6th Street.

Background: thetexan.news/judicial/kemah… City is arguing that blocking vehicular traffic (including bicycles) is not closing but “restricting access.”
Oct 8, 2024 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
Happening today: Meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court in #Houston- governing body for #Texas most populous county. Today's agenda includes spending $250k to have a graffiti artist known as "GONZO247" paint murals. Last meeting included approval of massive tax hikes. More on the mural request:
Mar 26, 2024 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Happening today: Meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court in #Houston, governing body for the 3rd largest county in the U.S.

You can watch for yourself instead of letting activists or media filter for you.

(scroll down past the pinned video to "watch live"
harriscountytx.gov/Government/Cou… The agenda for this meeting includes 683 items, and may be viewed here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Mar 7, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Happening now: Kemah City Council meeting considering closing street w/businesses already involved in federal takings lawsuit.
Off mic council member says, "Delivery trucks are going to have an issue; it is what it is."

Background: thetexan.news/issues/crimina… Small towns are a microcosm of multiple issues...
Mar 6, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
And @ElectSeanTeare just now: "We have something that we really all want to do, and what you just saw with those numbers absolutely means that the public's coming with us, the voters are coming with us, we are going to change Harris County." Teare also thanks the Texas Organizing Project for their help.
Jun 6, 2023 • 31 tweets • 6 min read
Happening Now: Public meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court- executive body of the most populous county in #Texas.

Livestream is here (clumsy website- you'll have to scroll down and click 'watch live').

harriscountytx.gov/Government/Cou… Today's agenda includes 366 items and may be found here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Mar 30, 2023 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Happening now: a conference hearing for the 21 Harris County election contests pending in state court.

Background: thetexan.news/attorneys-spar… Livestream available here: video.ibm.com/channel/mPny8A…
Mar 30, 2023 • 29 tweets • 7 min read
This morning the #txlege Senate Committee on State Affairs will take up a slew of #election related bills authored by @loiskolkhorst @CreightonForTX @TeamBettencourt @SenBryanHughes.

capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/sc… Kolkhorst is laying out SB 260, regarding voter registration rolls. Says there are some counties in Texas that have more registered voters than eligible citizens, mostly smaller counties.
Mar 29, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Happening now: U.S. House subcommittee on Education & the Workforce hearing on "Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses."
edworkforce.house.gov/videos/ Opening comments on DEI and free speech read by @RepBurgessOwens

@Speech_First 's Cherise Trump (no relation to the former POTUS) will be testifying.
Mar 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Inbox: As debate over gun control legislation rages, on Sunday a Harris county magistrate released a felon previously convicted for murder on a PR bond for charges of felony in possession of a weapon (handgun). #Houston #Texas ImageImage According to news reports at the time, in 1992, his victim Cecilia Carmen Mondragon had been “stabbed several times, her throat cut ear-to-ear and her right index finger severed,” and was found on her front porch with her 1 year old child crying next to her.
Mar 14, 2023 • 73 tweets • 10 min read
Happening now: Harris County Commissioners Court meeting: Governing body for the most populous county in Texas, home to Houston, 4th most populous city in the U.S. Today's agenda includes 430 items and may be viewed here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Nov 19, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Thread of Latest on Harris County Elections🧵
Harris County Elections Department posted an updated set of election results and a third reconciliation report Friday night.
1/20 This latest results dump has changed the outcome in one race: that for 180th District Criminal Court Judge in which Democrat incumbent DaSean Jones moved from being 1,000 votes behind to leading by 449 votes over his Republican challenger Tami C. Pierce.
2/20
Nov 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Inbox: statement from Stop #Houston Murders PAC.
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While every soft-on-crime judge didn’t lose, we made inroads, helping to defeat some Democrat judges.” Image Interestingly, there were a few GOP challengers who appear to have won: Tami Pierce has 50.06% over DaSean Jones for the 180th criminal district court.
Nov 9, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Happening now: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to deliver speech at HC Democratic Party HQ after narrowly winning 2nd term.
#Houston #HarrisCounty #Texas #Election2022

Background: thetexan.news/hidalgo-surviv… Commissioner Rodney Ellis is speaking, notes there will now be two women on the court with Lesley Briones win in Precinct 4.
Nov 9, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Breaking: new emergency hearing- the Texas AG's office is intervening...
#Houston #HarrisCounty #Texas #Election2022 AG's office now addressing Judge Rogers...
Nov 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Update: there are now 20 locations that have reported running out of paper ballots.
#HarrisCounty #Texas #Election2022