Houston and Harris County are again at odds over funding for Mayor John Whitmire’s ambitious push to “end street homelessness” as the city’s fund for the initiative remains short of its goal.
In an attempt to address concerns about road rage incidents and reckless driving, Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced a new traffic enforcement initiative along Interstate 45 and Interstate 69/U.S. 59.
Houston city facilities will continue to benefit from an award-winning graffiti abatement program for up to a decade, after the city council approved a $3 million contract extension this week.
Houston and Harris County are getting financial assistance from a local electricity retailer to operate more than 20 cooling centers throughout the summer months.
The city of Houston and Harris County are seeking $4.6 million in state funding for a pedestrian bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad track near Houston ISD’s McReynolds Middle School in the Denver Harbor neighborhood.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire dismissed a letter from U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt claiming that “more than 1,800 riots have been planned at locations across the country, including our city of Houston” over the coming weekend.
Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department will hold three community meetings this month to discuss its spending plan for $315 million in federal disaster recovery dollars.
A decrease in passengers traveling through Houston's airports this year reflect an overall downturn in airport traffic across the state.
Historic bricks laid in part by formerly enslaved people in Freedmen’s Town were unearthed and damaged this week in an apparent construction oversight that drew a swift response from community leaders and a Houston City Council member.
In a show of dissent against a politically powerful and popular city leader, three members of the Houston City Council voted against Mayor John Whitmire’s $7 billion budget, which was passed by the others.
Houston-area residents lack faith in state officials’ and electric companies’ disaster preparedness, according to a presentation to Houston City Council members Thursday by a researcher at Rice University.
After an 8-hour meeting and extended disruption by protesters on Wednesday, Houston City Council approved a $7 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which starts in July.
The Houston Police Foundation says it will begin construction this month on a new $10.5 million firearms training center at the Houston Police Academy Campus.
The City of Houston plans to use federal disaster recovery funds for emergency vehicles, generators for city facilities and its initiative to end homelessness — a conflict with the largest identified need in the aftermath of 2024 storms.
A contentious piece of legislation that would have required Harris County to send 30% of its surplus toll road funds to the City of Houston will remain in legislative purgatory after failing to reach a vote by the full Texas House.
Ahead of Houston City Council’s vote on a $7 billion proposed budget, Controller Chris Hollins continued to hammer “serious financial challenges” including deficit spending, excess overtime expenditures and the specter of a credit downgrade.
In a major win for Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s administration, a judge in Harris County signed off on a settlement in a longstanding case concerning the city’s spending on streets and drainage.
Slashed federal grants under President Donald Trump’s administration affected $62 million in grant funding for Houston’s health department along with $67 million for environmental justice projects across 13 coastal counties.
Country singers Lee Brice and Ashley McBryde, a Grammy Award winner, will headline Houston’s annual Freedom Over Texas celebration on the Fourth of July.
With a month until the deadline to approve a proposed $7 billion budget for the city, Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city council members asked a court to make a decision in a pivotal streets and drainage case by the end of the week.
