Currently, the mayor said there are 900 people on the streets of Houston charged with murder or capital murder -- waiting to go to court to be held accountable. He said the hundreds of criminals ...

Whitmire reversed his initial position that none of the $315 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awarded the funding in response to last year’s ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced a new strategy to address the city's ongoing recycling crisis, which has left ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire and HPD Chief Troy Finner joined ABC13 to answer your questions during our Action 13 town hall, 'The First 30 Days.' ...

A former member of the Houston Food Insecurity Board will be "permanently" removed after race-based rhetoric about TX flood victims.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's plan to fix erroneous water bills is a belated ... participant in city government rather than as the mayor’s ... ability to prod the mayor to take action.

Houston Mayor An inevitable gerontocracy has some younger Houston voters feeling frustrated with mayor’s race. Houston is one of the youngest major cities in America, with an average age of ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The race for Houston mayor headed to a runoff Tuesday night between U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire, two Democrats who breezed past a wide field of ...

Since she announced she was running, Parker has been waiting to hear from Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who has yet to ...

On Wednesday, Houston Mayor John Whitmire pushed back on the report. ... "We flagged this trend only weeks ago, and we’re already taking action. As the City’s financial watchdog, ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a ...