The pressure was on for commissioners to take up immediate discussions about clearing a path to pay parity for deputies after the Houston City Council approved a five-year, $832 million contract for the city's police officers.

Commissioners voted Thursday against sending Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and several of her staff members to Paris as part of a trade mission. Hidalgo presented a revised proposal that cut the cost of the mission by roughly half of her original request,