The Houston mayor's office plans to expand the city’s so-called “civility ordinance," which currently prohibits lying down, ...

The crackdown on Westheimer and Interstate 10 is the latest in several rounds of increased enforcement of reckless driving ...

A political scientist compared the effort to formally admonish Whitmire over his cozy relationship with Republicans to “a ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire speaks during a World Cup Houston 2026 celebration in Houston in June. Houstonians driving down ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Tuesday kept his promise to balance the city's finances, unveiling a $7 billion budget with no tax increase or new fees for city residents. The city was facing a ...

The Texas Legislature, with Mayor John Whitmire's support, is on the cusp of rolling back reforms to Houston's police and firefighter pensions, worrying experts who call the changes premature, ill ...

Despite having an LGBTQ city board, members say they haven't met with the Houston mayor since he was elected 18 months ago.

After residents and advocates repeatedly voiced concerns over Houston's use of federal disaster dollars, Mayor John Whitmire said Wednesday the city will ask the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

Amid growing disapproval of Mayor John Whitmire's leadership by members of his own party, the Oak Forest Area Democrats voted this week to revoke their 2023 endorsement of Whitmire and bar him ...

Mayor John Whitmire’s top staffer — chief of staff Chris Newport — is leaving the administration, the mayor confirmed Wednesday following a vote on a $7 billion budget. Newport was the first ...

Over 60 percent of the revenue is generated inside the City of Houston," Mayor John Whitmire said. In statements shared with ABC13, ... This bill did NOT originate with the City of Houston.