The Harris County Attorney's Office filed a civil lawsuit seeking to close QQ Spa in southwest Houston. A civil court judge granted a temporary restraining order and ordered the business to comply with all licensing requirements within two days or face closure.
Harris County Attorney's Office, filed civil lawsuit to shut down spa; Abbie Kamin, County Attorney; Houston Police Department, conducted raids on the spa and 1 more
Governor Greg Abbott met with law enforcement and families affected by fentanyl in Houston and San Antonio, outlining a four-point public safety agenda for the next legislative session. Abbott proposed denying bail for criminal illegal aliens, establishing a statewide prosecutor's office, enabling impeachment of district attorneys who fail to enforce the law, and expanding the repeat offender task force.
Greg Abbott, Governor; Ray Hunt, HPOU Executive Director; Brian Hawthorne, Chambers County Sheriff and 3 more
SMT Energy's 160 MW/320 MWh Houston IV battery storage facility in Houston energized on June 1 and reached market participation on July 13, completing commissioning in six weeks. This was the fastest commissioning timeline in FlexGen and SMT's history.
SMT Energy, battery storage facility owner; FlexGen, energy management software supplier and commissioning leader; Jason Rislov, senior vice president of operations at FlexGen and 4 more
Jamaal Howard, 46, was executed by lethal injection on October 7, 2026, for the 2000 fatal shooting of convenience store clerk Vickie Swartout during a robbery in Silsbee, Texas. Howard was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. CT.
$$114 for money taken during robbery
Jamaal Howard, Man executed for 2000 murder of convenience store clerk; Vickie Swartout, Convenience store clerk fatally shot during 2000 robbery; Greg Abbott, Texas Governor
Forty-five Chihuahua-mix dogs were rescued Tuesday from a mobile home in the 9900 block of Edgeworth Street in north Houston by Harris County Constable Precinct 1 as part of an ongoing animal neglect investigation. The Houston SPCA provided veterinary care for the dogs.
Harris County Constable Precinct 1, Rescued dogs from the property; Houston SPCA, Provided veterinary care and assistance; Constable Alan Rosen, Harris County Constable who described conditions
A 22-year-old Harris County woman was reported missing after a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 10 in Louisiana. She is believed to have been the driver of one vehicle involved and left the scene on foot.
Christina Munn-Holliday, missing person, reported driver in hit-and-run crash; Louisiana State Police, investigating the crash; Harris County Sheriff's Office, investigating the missing person report
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office is investigating pediatricians over alleged financial incentives to vaccinate children. The investigation includes demands for vaccine purchase records and practice policies from individual providers, and a separate investigation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
$nearly $15,000 for legal fees paid by pediatrician responding to investigation demand
Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General; A Central Texas pediatrician, Recipient of investigation letter; small practice owner; American Academy of Pediatrics, Subject of separate investigation and 3 more
Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones spent more than $223,000 over two years on billboards in Precinct 4, with 10 billboards titled "hurricane preparedness." Commissioner Briones did not respond to requests for comment.
$Tax dollars are being spent on billboards, according to Charles Blain.
Lesley Briones, Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner; Charles Blain, President of Urban Reform
U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal denied a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and four Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law judges to vacate the 2019 ODonnell consent decree, which allows most people facing misdemeanor charges in Harris County to be released without cash bail before trial.
Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. District Judge; Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General; Paula Goodhart, Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law Judge and 4 more
A 20-year-old woman and her partner were arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the death of the woman's 27-year-old sister, found dead in a west Houston apartment. Court records indicate the two robbed and killed the sister.
Aveyia Webb, Victim, found dead in apartment; Alaya Jones, Arrested and charged with capital murder; Kaleb Maglott, Arrested and charged with capital murder
Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos joined the Israeli Consulate General to the Southwest to celebrate Israel's 69th Independence Day and delivered the keynote address at an event in Houston on Monday evening.
Rolando Pablos, Texas Secretary of State; Eitan Levon, Consul General of Israel to the Southwest
Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos delivered the keynote address at the first-ever Japan-Texas Economic Summit in Houston, hosted by the U.S.-Japan Council. The summit brought together public and private sector leaders from Texas and Japan to discuss collaboration in health care, energy, technology, security, manufacturing, education, and workforce development.
Rolando Pablos, Texas Secretary of State; Shigeru Hayakawa, Toyota Motor Corporation Vice Chairman; Hideaki Ōmura, Governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture
The Texas Secretary of State and DPS operated a mobile station issuing Election Identification Certificates at University of Houston's North/South Student Center Plaza. Election Identification Certificates are free photo IDs available to qualified Texas voters who lack one of the six other approved forms of voter photo ID.
Texas Secretary of State, Government office coordinating mobile station; Texas DPS, Agency issuing Election Identification Certificates
Texas Secretary of State John Scott issued a statement regarding Harris County's reported inability to count and report early and Election Day votes by the required 24-hour deadline. Harris County officials cited damaged ballot sheets requiring duplication before scanning as the cause of the delay.
John Scott, Texas Secretary of State; Harris County election officials, County election officials
Dated record: November 25, 2025 This is not new. It happened on November 25, 2025, about 10 months ago. It resurfaced in a source feed on October 3, 2026.
The Texas Secretary of State notified Harris County that it received a complaint about voter registration issues and will begin an investigation. The complaint alleges voters used post office box addresses instead of physical residence addresses as required by law.
Secretary Nelson, Texas Secretary of State; Annette Ramirez, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar; Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Texas State Senator
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