FIFA World Cup games in Houston are 503 days away, and according to city leaders, the city is chomping at the bit to play host. Mayor John Whitmire, standing alongside Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo ...

(Parkwood/Columbia/Sony via AP) U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, and state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, at their election night watch parties in Houston on Nov. 7. The two candidates ...

When John Whitmire took over as Houston’s mayor, he came in with seven campaign promises centered around the city’s public safety, financial and ethical needs. On the campaign trail ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city officials held a press conference on Monday evening to discuss the final preparations ahead of the winter storm hitting southeast Texas.

HOUSTON — A bet is a bet and Houston Mayor John Whitmire is making good on his. Before the Texans game against the Kansas City Chiefs, KC Mayor Quinton Lucas bet Whitmire that if the Texans won ...

When Mayor John Whitmire prepared to oversee the final Houston City Council meeting of his first year in office, he said he’d keep his comments “short and sweet.” It was a strange departure ...

Mayor John Whitmire said planning began on Thursday and will continue as the worst of the weather moves in Monday evening. "I've been convinced that we are about to experience a very serious and ...

(LEFT: Bob Levey/Getty Images for Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce RIGHT: David Eulitt/Getty Images) Houston Mayor John Whitmire is a man of his word. He’s sending some of Houston’s best ...

Ahead of a winter storm that's anticipated to bring freezing rain, sleet and potentially 3-5 inches of snow or more to the Houston area, Mayor John Whitmire stressed Sunday that city residents do ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire has rescinded a city administrative policy that allowed municipal employees to partially work from home.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