As Houston Mayor John Whitmire passed his first year in office, the former dean of the Texas Senate stumbled upon a surprise ...

The retirement incentive comes on the heels of a hiring freeze. The city faces a more than $330 million projected budget ...

Supplemental services, like police patrols and home repairs, are paused in District J. Houston City Council member Edward ...

Some local Muslims plan to once again boycott Whitmire's appearance at annual Ramadan event over his refusal to call for a ceasefire of the Israel-Hamas war.

Texas state employees will reportedly return to work full-time in the office where possible, following a trend among major companies and the federal government under President Donald Trump.

He was there when Whitney and Sarah were born. JAN 9 2015: Sylvestor Turner and Senator John Whitmire presents Craig Biggio a Texas flag that has been flown at the State Capital during the Craig ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston will implement a citywide hiring freeze this week, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Mayor Whitmire shared the news exclusively with ABC13 on Wednesday. He ...

Mayor John Whitmire is planning to implement a hiring ... who wrote for numerous publications and was a former senior editor at Texas Monthly.

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire told KHOU 11 he is confident ... the first death in the current measles outbreak in West Texas, a school-aged child who was not vaccinated against the ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- With more than 1,000 active water main leaks in the city, Houston Mayor John Whitmire says his office is aware of the problem and they are "on top of it." The mayor ...

Violent crime increased by nearly 5% in Houston in 2024, Mayor John Whitmire’s first year in ... Howard Henderson, a professor at Texas Southern University who studies public safety and law ...

Tributes have been pouring in for Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas since he died after attending President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress.