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Texas Ethics Commission Investigating Houston Mayor John Whitmire

The Texas Ethics Commission has accepted jurisdiction over the allegation of impropriety with Houston Mayor John Whitmire’ s $60,000+ “901 Bagby: Inside the Mayor’s Office” podcast. John Whitmire The Texas Ethics Commission received a sworn complaint (SC-32604324) on April 27th, 2026, concerning Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s podcast titled “901 Bagby: Inside the Mayor’s Office.” The complaint…

Texas Ethics Commission Investigating Houston Mayor John Whitmire

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I almost feel bad for Houston mayor John Whitmire. It must be hard driving around the city and seeing signs of your legacy on this planet everywhere

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Former Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is running for mayor in 2023 | Houston Public Media

Former Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is running for mayor in 2023 | Houston Public Media

Those efforts drew a legal battle and a decisive rebuke from state Republican lawmakers, who passed a sweeping voting restrictions bill last year that outlawed the measures Hollins put in place. Now, Hollins is looking to use his brief seven-month tenure as county clerk to catapult him into the mayor’s office — where he would oversee a $5.1 billion budget and 23,000 municipal employees. He’s…

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Texas grand jury system under review

The Texas criminal justice system has this strange idea about how to select trial juries and grand juries.

Grand jurors are chosen in most counties by jury commissioners, who are selected by a presiding judge; the commissioners then look for people they believe are “qualified” to serve on a panel that determines whether a criminal complaint should result in officials charges brought against…

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