Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Harris County Judge Faces Criminal Probe Over Contract

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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a rising star Democrat who is widely seen as a future statewide candidate, is embroiled in an ethics scandal as she campaigns for a second term.

A criminal investigation into how her office awarded — and later canceled — an $11 million contract for a COVID-19 vaccine outreach program to a Democratic consulting firm to which she has ties, threatens to tarnish her carefully cultivated image as an ethically minded public servant.

(Full story HERE.)
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