Pictured are Mayor John Whitmire and Houston City Council members at City Hall. Houston city officials will need to slash spending or dramatically raise revenue over the next year following a Texas ...

Pictured are Mayor John Whitmire and Houston City Council members at City Hall. After two weeks of delays and multiple amendments, the Houston City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday ...

The City of Houston is offering an incentive for retirement-eligible employees as part of its ongoing effort to address financial challenges. Along with a citywide hiring freeze, this move is aimed at ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston's top elected finance official told Houston City Council on Wednesday that the city may run out of money within the next several months. Controller Chris Hollins told ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston controller is laying out his criticism of the mayor's budget proposal as the two top elected officials continue to be at odds over the issue. Mayor John ...

One hundred twenty years ago today, Houston residents chose to end the ward system, a way of governance that had divided the city into six wards and ruled Houston since its founding days. Voters, or ...

HOUSTON – A dozen companies with questionable connections to city employees were awarded millions of dollars from Houston Public Works to repair broken waterlines. When we first exposed the conflicts ...

HOUSTON — Hundreds of City of Houston employees picked up their retirement papers Thursday, marking the end of their careers at various departments and the continuing efforts for the city to address ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire has rescinded a city administrative policy that allowed municipal employees to partially work from home. Starting on February 1, all city employees will be ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to apologize to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein for failing to redact some of their names. Bondi dodged the question by asking why Rep.