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

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 ...

Mayor John Whitmire will meet with Houston Police Department Chief Finner and executive members of the Houston Area Police Chief Association Thursday morning to ...

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's plan to fix erroneous water bills is a belated step toward helping customers claw back money they shouldn't have been paying.

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

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 about ...

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

The race for Houston mayor headed to a runoff between U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire, two Democrats.

In a broad-sweeping conversation at a packed ballroom at the downtown Hilton, Houston Mayor John Whitmire got personal, talking about his upbringing in rural Hillsboro, Texas, growing up without ...

A new report showed a $72 million overtime surge within the City of Houston's Solid Waste, police and fire departments.

Did Houston's Mayor Turner fulfil all his promises during his 8-year reign? As Turner's term ends, there are some pledges still left on the to-do list. Here's a look at a few of them.

Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night in a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.