(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 ...

Throughout his first year in office, Mayor John Whitmire has consistently mentioned one solution for addressing the city’s financial struggles – turning to his connections in Austin.

When Mayor John Whitmire prepared to oversee the final ... what the key difference is between state Sen. Whitmire and Mayor Whitmire, and she’ll tell you the mayor is having to work harder.

(The Center Square) – Houston Mayor John Whitmire is continuing ... The news came one year after Whitmire was sworn into office to lead the largest city in the state. Within one week, he began ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

This week, Houston's Mayor John Whitmire told ABC13 that he is in talks with the state about a potential plan that, if passed, may help fund the repairs. Thursday, at the request of residents ...

Holding the line on taxes and mending the city's fractured relationship with leaders at the state capitol. In his first year, Mayor John Whitmire managed to do both.

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.

But those connections might not come to fruition the way the former state senator has long promised. In a recent interview with the Houston Chronicle, Whitmire admitted that where he thought he ...