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 ...

Pictured are Mayor John Whitmire and members of the Houston City Council on June 4, 2025. For the second time in as many years, the Houston City Council granted Mayor John Whitmire's request to not ...

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 ...

Screenshot of fake text message sent by scammers posing as ParkHouston (Courtesy of City of Houston) (Copyright 2025 by City of Houston - All rights reserved ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire has rescinded a city administrative policy that allowed municipal employees to partially work from home.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 ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Wednesday, the Houston City Council appointed Roland Garcia to serve on the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority. "Roland has experience working on maritime ...

For many Houstonians, trains are the bane of our existence. Houston leaders saw the need for an official insignia by February 1840, when the city was only four years old and had a population of about ...