The department also has improved response times and worker morale.

Facing a "broken financial system" and years of structural instability, Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Tuesday unveiled a ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Wednesday the city has begun the process of renaming César Chávez Boulevard, one week after sexual assault allegations emerged against the late civil rights leader.

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire addressed the city’s ongoing broken water line issues and deteriorating road conditions during his State of the City speech, saying improvements are underway as ...

The mayor acknowledged Houston has not done anything like this before, though he noted other cities have taken similar steps. He pushed back on the notion that previous approaches ...

The proposal would be a significant shift in how Houston funds one of its most troubled services, and would make Houston the last major Texas city to charge a trash fee.

A crane removes belongings and debris from a homeless encampment off Nance Street under US-59 in Houston. Oct. 1, 2025. At the Navigation Center in Houston's Fifth Ward, Thomas Romero spent October ...

A day after a Chronicle report found Houston police officers in at least two instances arrested drivers and personally transported them to immigration agents, Mayor John Whitmire told Univision ...

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