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View MoreHarris County denies county treasurer's 30% pay raise
Harris County commissioners rejected a recommended 30% pay raise for County Treasurer Carla Wyatt at a Sept. 8 special meeting, leaving her salary at $139,547 while the county simultaneously pursues legislation to dissolve her office entirely.
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View MoreHarris County advances 7.6% tax hike in 3-2 vote
Harris County commissioners voted 3-2 on Sept. 8 to advance a 7.6% property tax rate increase to close a $180 million budget deficit, with Spring-area Commissioner Tom Ramsey and County Judge Lina Hidalgo voting against. A final vote is set for Sept. 17.
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View MoreSanchez, Plummer vie for Harris County judge seat governing Spring
Republican Orlando Sanchez and Democrat Letitia Plummer will face off Nov. 3 for Harris County judge, the top elected post overseeing unincorporated Spring's budget, flood control and emergency management. Voter registration closes Oct. 5.
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View MoreComptroller seeks $2B voucher boost as Spring ISD faces deficit
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines asked lawmakers to double the state's private school voucher program to more than $2 billion, adding financial pressure on Spring ISD as the district faces a projected $8.7 million deficit and a Nov. 3 tax-rate vote.
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View MoreHarris County weighs largest tax hike in two decades Tuesday
Harris County commissioners vote Tuesday on a $3.1 billion budget that would raise the combined property tax rate 7.6%, the largest proposed increase in two decades, while Commissioner Tom Ramsey pushes to cut the HART crisis-response program before the final rate is set Sept. 17.
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View MoreTexas House District 139 race set for Nov. 3
Spring-area voters in Texas House District 139 must register by Oct. 5 to cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 election between incumbent Rep. Charlene Ward Johnson and Republican challenger Kyle Harding.
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View MoreEllis seeks $4.5M for Spring-area safety programs in county budget
Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis is requesting $4.5 million in budget amendments for community safety programs including HART and RISE, which could expand violence interruption services into the Cypress Station area near Spring.
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View MoreTexas board approves social studies standards for Spring, Klein
The Texas State Board of Education voted 8-7 on Friday, Sept. 4, to approve rewritten high school social studies standards that critics say portray Islam through the lens of extremism, affecting all 12 high schools across Spring ISD and Klein ISD.
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View MoreTxDOT proposes Grand Parkway widening near Spring
TxDOT proposes adding a lane in each direction to a nearly seven-mile stretch of the Grand Parkway near Springwoods Village, with an in-person open house at York Junior High in Spring on Sept. 24 and a public comment deadline of Oct. 9.
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View MoreNew Texas school funding rules reshape money for Spring, Klein ISDs
Two new Texas laws effective Sept. 1 overhaul school finance and special-education funding formulas, adding new reporting requirements and teacher-pay incentives as Spring ISD faces an $8.7 million deficit and a November tax-rate election.
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View MoreTxDOT delays I-45 light repairs near Spring until 2027
TxDOT says darkened I-45 North Freeway lights serving Spring commuters won't be fully repaired until spring 2027, with outages between Beltway 8 and the 610 North Loop rising from 50 to 61 due to ongoing copper wire theft.
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View MoreSpring utility district asks residents to stop feeding ducks
Harris County MUD 71 warns that feeding ducks at neighborhood lakes has driven overpopulation, water quality problems and costly district-funded remediation.
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