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  October 2, 2017 – Today we released the application for the Spring 2018 class of the Texas Legislative Internship Program – TLIP. I was

By: Mihir Zaveri © Houston Chronicle • June 25, 2017 When former state Senator Rodney Ellis launched his campaign to succeed the late El Franco

By: Gabrielle Banks © Houston Chronicle • Apr. 28, 2017 A federal judge in Houston Friday issued a scathing denouncement of Harris County’s cash bail

By: Mihir Zaveri © Houston Chronicle • Apr. 2, 2017 Harris County commissioners have put one of the final pieces in place for the county’s

By: Mihir Zaveri and Gabrielle Banks © Houston Chronicle • Mar. 28, 2017 Tensions flared at Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday after new Commissioner Rodney

By: Gabrielle Banks © Houston Chronicle • Mar. 23, 2017 The call by two civil rights groups for an immediate fix to Harris County’s bail

By: Mihir Zaveri © Houston Chronicle • Mar. 14, 2017 Harris County commissioners on Tuesday approved a pilot program to make public defenders available at

By: Brian Rogers © Houston Chronicle • Feb. 16, 2017 The Harris County district attorney’s plan to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana drew reactions swift

By: Jonathan Silver © The Texas Tribune • Jan. 8, 2017 HOUSTON — Sixteen years ago, when then-state Sen. Rodney Ellis heard about a man who

By: Rebecca S. Jones © African-American News & Issues Recently, State Senator Rodney Ellis with 26 years of service in the Texas senate won the