Misdemeanor judges have issued a scathing letter declaring their "loss of confidence" in the director of a Harris County ...

State Sen, Joan Huffman, R-Houston, top left, is calling for elected judges to make more bail decisions. She is backed by ...

Facing a class action accusing it of running an unconstitutional bail system that needlessly jails poor misdemeanor arrestees, Harris County could not persuade a federal judge Wednesday to stay the ...

MORE ON THIS CASE: Judge sets combined bail ... in shackles and was escorted by two Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies. He listened quietly as Harmon ordered that he be kept under house ...

Although voters were able to remove some judges at the ballot box last November, violent crime continues to plague Houston and Harris County. A growing number of residents are again demanding the ...