Houston Mayor John Whitmire breaks consequential news, then lacks specifics. What's the deal?
Houston Mayor Whitmire recently said he wanted to move an entrance at Memorial Park, but his team declined to provide ...
Houston just recorded its highest number of road deaths. What can Mayor Whitmire do about it?
Mayor Whitmire has focused on traffic enforcement efforts, but critics note street design is driving many of the fatalities ...
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Houston mayor speaks out about city's role in ICE raids
Mayor John Whitmire confirmed that officers with the Houston Police Department have not assisted in any of ICE's recent raids ...
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To address homelessness, Houston mayor’s office wants to ‘end sleeping outside’
It’s not illegal to sleep outside in most of Houston, but Mayor John Whitmire wants to change that. It would require action ...
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‘A real gut punch’ — Houston budget deficit balloons after court ruling on infrastructure spending
City officials are grappling with a $100 million price tag for required spending on streets and drainage. The city now faces ...
Texas Supreme Court ruling compounds Houston’s growing budget crisis
"We are rapidly approaching a point where, without significant budget cuts or new revenue, certifying the budget may no ...
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Houston's top finance official says he may not certify city's next budget as deficit grows
After a lawsuit loss, the city must come up with an additional $100 million each year to spend on roads and drainage. The ...
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2025 Tour de Houston unveils new westward route, ride options
Houston Mayor John Whitmire will announce updates for the 2025 Tour de Houston, including a new route and three ride distance options on April 13.
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Bellaire Mayor talks Cypress Ditch project, economic development in State of the City
Bellaire Mayor Gus Pappas centered his Feb. 3 State of the City address with the phrase: “Tomorrow’s possibilities start ...
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Baptist Church in Third Ward is the latest to be hit with inexplicably high water bills
The Mount Rose Baptist Church has less than ten parishioners and uses the building maybe a dozen hours a month. When their ...
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Houston required to allocate $100M to street, drainage projects
Houston has to consider cuts to essential services or find new sources of revenue after the Texas Supreme Court denied Houston’s motion to appeal a 2019 lawsuit, requiring the city to spend hundreds ...