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BY MELISSA ENAJE & JESSICA SHORTEN
County jail facing inmate overcrowding Montgomery County commissioners approved an interlocal agreement April 8 for Waller County to house inmates due to over- crowding at the Montgomery County Jail. Two-minute impact Montgomery County Sheri Wesley Doolittle presented the agreement to com- missioners, which would see the Waller County Jail house up to 45 Montgomery County inmates for $75 each per day. Doolittle said the Texas Commission on Jail Standards requires county jails to keep their capacity around 90% of the total available space. However, Doolittle said the county has been operating between 94%- 116% since he took o ce Jan. 1.
Harris County to consider election precinct boundary change Harris County commissioners will consider adjusting election precinct boundaries to 16 di erent voting precincts throughout the county in May due to a surplus of registered voters. Explained The 16 election precincts throughout Harris County have exceeded the state’s registered voter population requirement that calls for no more than 5,000 registered voters in each precinct, according to the county administration website. “Only election precinct boundaries are adjusted, so there are no changes to any voters’ ballots in terms of the contests in which they vote,” the county administration website states. The proposed changes include the Tomball-area
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voting Precinct No. 126, which has 6,409 regis- tered voters. What residents should know Harris County commissioners will vote on these adjustments May 8. Voters from the various precincts can attend the public hearing May 8 and submit comments regarding the proposed changes. The public hearing and adoption of changes are scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Down- town Houston courtroom, located at 1001 Preston St., Houston.
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