Whitmire wants to implement a hiring freeze in the city government. As of September, the city had nearly 5,000 vacant ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who joined Congress just two months ago, died shortly after ...

Some local Muslims plan to once again boycott Whitmire's appearance at annual Ramadan event over his refusal to call for a ...

I’ve lost a personal friend,” a somber Mayor John Whitmire said before the City Council. “No one will be able to step into ...

As a measles outbreak sweeps northwest Texas and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo opens its gates, the area’s top elected ...

Dremone Francis, the Texas man accused of killing Deputy Fernando Esqueda in July 2024, is set to appear in court Tuesday for ...

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

The mayor told ABC13 that public safety, including Houston's fire and police departments, will be spared, but all other departments will be subject to the hiring freeze.

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner warned the GOP before Trump's speech to leave Medicaid alone. It was one of his final messages.

Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, has died two months after taking office and hours ... During Wednesday's Houston City Council ...

Houston City Council’s Ethics and Governance Committee hasn’t met since October­,­­­ when Mayor John Whitmire and Controller ...

Mayor John Whitmire and Michael Heckman, President & CEO of Houston First Corporation, will present the master plan at a ...