Harris County officials to get update on closed criminal courthouse

Harris County officials on Thursday will get an update on the 20-story criminal justice center in downtown Houston that has been closed since flooding from Hurricane Harvey in August.A consultant from PGAL, the architectural firm tasked with estimating the scope of work for the shuttered skyscraper, is on the agenda for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, a county sub-committee that brings more than a dozen office holders and agency heads together every quarter to work on problems facing