Barbara Jean Ellis Obituary – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
… Sugar Land and Dylan McGee (Lauren) of Katy, her two great-granddaughters Madelyn and Katelyn McGee of Katy; and several loving cousins, nieces …
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… Sugar Land and Dylan McGee (Lauren) of Katy, her two great-granddaughters Madelyn and Katelyn McGee of Katy; and several loving cousins, nieces …
Read More7/18/2025 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) under the county’s current Democratic leadership has not put a high priority on improving flood risk in the San Jacinto watershed. That’s despite the fact that the San Jacinto had the highest flooding in Harris County during Harvey. And almost half of the deaths due to Harvey […]
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Read More7/16/25 – Brays Bayou, the watershed where Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis lives, has received virtually as much capital-improvement spending as 12 other watersheds put together. The county has 23 watersheds in all. So… Ellis’ watershed received as much capital-improvement funding as half of all other watersheds combined. For this analysis, I focused […]
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Read MoreIn Harris County Commissioners Court on June 26, 2025, Democrats voted 4:1 along party lines to reallocate all remaining money in the 2018 Flood Bond to projects that scored in the top quartile of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ Equity Prioritization Framework. That will defund all but a handful of projects that voters approved. Is that legal? […]
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Read MoreIn Harris County Commissioners Court on June 26, 2025, Democrats voted 4:1 along party lines to reallocate all remaining money in the 2018 Flood Bond to projects that scored in the top quartile of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ Equity Prioritization Framework. That will defund all but a handful of projects that voters approved. Is that legal? […]
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Read More6/27/25 4PM – In a marathon discussion yesterday that stretched for hours, Harris County Commissioners Court struggled with how to plug a $1.3 billion shortfall in 2018 Flood-Bond funding. In the end, they voted 4-1 along party lines to apply all remaining flood-bond money exclusively to projects that ranked in the top quartile on Rodney […]
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Read MoreBrazoria County, TX — July 11, 2024, Ellis Allums was injured as the result of a car accident at around 2:50 a.m. along Highway 288. According to …
Read MoreHe won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1990, representing the 13th Senate District, which stretches from Missouri City to northeast Houston, for 26 …
Read MoreHe won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1990, representing the 13th Senate District, which stretches from Missouri City to northeast Houston, for 26 …
Read MoreHe won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1990, representing the 13th Senate District, which stretches from Missouri City to northeast Houston, for 26 …
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