(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.

In a city council meeting Tuesday, Mayor John Whitmire addressed immigration enforcement and how it's being handled at a ...

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.

HOUSTON — Amid thousands of arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents across the country, Houston Mayor John Whitmire ... HPD enforces state laws and will hold ...

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 ...

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

The Senate version of the bill, by state Sen. John Whitmire of Houston, removed much of the language related to encounters with law enforcement (de-escalation training remained) and became a ...

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 ...