CRIME: When Harris County prosecutors had strict oversight from Attorney General Ken Paxton, they managed to dismiss 700 domestic violence charges in a single year. Now that Paxton is gone, they've got free rein to drop them all.

CLOSED BORDER: Harris County was using taxpayer money to pay Democrat lawyers to defend illegal aliens against federal efforts to deport them. Ken Paxton just convinced a judge that doing so violated the Texas Constitution. Despite running for Senate Ken is still fighting for Texans.

The Texans face uncertainty over how to fund a stadium renovation or replacement. Harris County is contractually responsible for improvements but faces budget constraints and limited political support for new spending. Houston’s existing stadium revenue streams are also tied up paying off other facilities. (via Houston Chronicle)

The Texas Supreme Court rules, for now, that Harris County cannot use tax dollars to fund illegal immigrant legal challenges to deportation. That is not a function of county government. It’s just another example of wasteful spending by local governments that must end.

Nepal. Cambodia. Bangladesh. Venezuela. Madrid. Bangkok. Those are audience tags Harris County, Texas put on its taxpayer funded get out the vote ads this fall. Not ONE tag on the list says Houston. Not one says Texas. The county clerk, Teneshia Hudspeth, spent $43,429 on the ads in thirty days. The tags steered them to Black, Latino and Asian users. Thursday the Texas Attorney General's office sued her in Harris County district court. Ken Paxton recused himself, he is on that ballot too. The petition calls the list "this peculiar assortment" and says there "can be no legitimate reason" for it. Harris County's lawyers called the suit a "pathetic political distraction." Thursday night, with one day of early voting left, the clerk pulled the tags. Her reason, in a statement: "to avoid unnecessary distractions." You do not pull the thing you just called a distraction. You pull the thing you cannot defend. 💎