Houston Mayor John Whitmire revealed this week he wants to freeze hiring for vacant positions in city government. The expected move, first reported by ABC13, comes as the city grapples with a ...

City of Houston audit reveals spending habits and the plan to make change. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON, Texas – When ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston is remembering the late Sylvester Turner -- the former mayor of Houston who won election last November to fill late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's ...

The City of Houston spent about $6.5 million as the January winter storm brought freezing temperatures and snow to the region. Mayor John Whitmire's chief of staff, Chris Newport, told the city's ...

TEXAS, USA — The city of Houston is facing a gigantic hole in its budget, and if city leaders can’t find a way to come up with $320 million, the city’s chief financial officer says jobs will ...

The announcement comes as the city works to whittle down an approximately $350 million projected budget shortfall. In an effort to combat the shortfall, Houston City Council, under Whitmire's ...

Hundreds of people gathered Monday at Houston City Hall to protest President Donald Trump's leadership as part of a nationwide wave of protests called "Not My Presidents Day." The Presidents Day ...

Then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner describes his bout with cancer in an interview at City Hall in Houston on Nov. 15, 2022. (Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune) U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner ...

From a betting perspective, there are only two ways to attack the Big 12 Tournament this week at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. 1. You believe in the Houston Cougars and think they will cruise to ...

During Wednesday’s Houston City Council meeting, Mayor John Whitmire announced Turner’s death, saying it “comes as a shock to everyone.” “I’ve lost a personal friend, advisor ...

“His decades of public service — from the halls of the Legislature to Houston City Hall and, most recently, our nation’s Capitol — leave behind a legacy of leadership and advocacy for the ...