Commissioners Lesley Briones, Adrian Garcia and Tom Ramsey voted against Hidalgo's first request. The county judge proposed two staff members as an alternative to reduce the amount to $11,650.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is proposing a 1-cent property tax increase to fund early childhood education. The plan would add $10 per $100,000 in property value. She ...

Harris County Commissioners say they first heard about Judge Lina Hidalgo’s proposed penny tax on the news. Hidalgo told ...

HOUSTON – Harris County Commissioners voted down two motions presented by Judge Lina Hidalgo for taxpayer money to be used to pay for members of her staff to accompany her on an international ...

HOUSTON – Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has been open about her mental health struggles and did not shy away from the topic when her duties as county judge were challenged by Commissioner ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks to reporters on May 17, 2022. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she will announce in the coming weeks if she plans to seek reelection next year.

-Judge Lina Hidalgo was elected Harris County Judge in 2018 when she was 27-years-old. She is the first woman and first Latina elected to the county judge office.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo fields questions on March 22, 2022 after unsealed court documents alleged that staff members in her office steered an $11 million contract for a COVID-19 outreach ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo listens to administrators during a tour of Benavidez Elementary School in 2024. Commissioners will decide Thursday if Harris County will pay for four of Hidalgo's ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo wants to use more than $20,000 in taxpayer dollars for an economic trip to Paris, but some commissioners think it should be funded another way.

A dispute over planning and security for the 2026 World Cup prompted Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to walk out of Thursday's commissioners court meeting. Commissioners continued without Hidalgo ...