Judge Nelly Treviño Santos has been sworn in as the new Director and Presiding Judge of the City of Houston Municipal Courts ...

Mayor Ken Welch says he is ready to move on if the Tampa Bay Rays back out of the stadium agreement signed last year.

"Hear me!" Whitmire beckoned at a Tuesday press conference. "We're halfway there. The next 24 hours will be the most dangerous." Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo also said the worst is yet to come.