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Our Weekend Brunch roundup returns on the eve of early voting (on the future of Harris County)

The weekly roundups are going on a short summer break.

Houston will host 2026 World Cup matches; John Cornyn booed at state GOP convention; Harris County spending; Houston homelessness; and more!

City of Houston won’t release its 2021 freeze assessment; Ike Dike project wins U.S. House approval; IAH traffic snarls; and more!

Homicide rate surges (days after mayor touts reduction); Bad guys keep getting easy bonds from Dem judges; HCTRA toll rate freeze? And more!

Alexandra Mealer cruised to victory in county judge runoff; City of Houston population declined last year; Another judge behaving badly; and more!

A closer look at Rodney Ellis’s “spider web of power”; Harris County bungles way through another election; Hidalgo and Ogg snipe at each other; and more”

Harris County’s brain drain is causing chaos; More election bungling; the Ashby high-rise is back; Hotze’s premonition; Mickey Gilley, RIP; and more!

Ongoing fallout from the “Crime Stoppers BAD” op; Buc-ee’s is also BAD; Vidal Martinez’s campaign is effectively done; and more!

Immigration depresses Houston median income; City continues to shrink; Homicides move past 100; Why hasn’t Isabel Longoria been fired? And more!