On September 18, 2025, the District Courts of Harris County announced a major development: the addition of five new district courts within Harris County. This long-awaited expansion comes amid a ...

The Harris County District Clerk and Harris County Clerk’s Office both handle court records and vital documents for Houston ...

Harris County commissioners raised red flags about a possible conflict of interest after District Clerk Marilyn Burgess voted in a salary grievance committee to increase her salary by $81,000. The ...

Marilyn Burgess, the elected Harris County district clerk, is not running for a third term in 2026, she said Monday after voting for her own pay increase amid a salary grievance. Burgess, the ...

AUSTIN — A former attorney for Harris County’s criminal judges testified Wednesday that it was his “worst nightmare” to defend Natalia Cornelio before a tribunal questioning the judge's actions in a ...

When Harris County courts make the news, it is almost always because of something that happened in our criminal district courts. These are the venues where murder and assault charges are heard as well ...