The retirement incentive comes on the heels of a hiring freeze. The city faces a more than $330 million projected budget ...

HOUSTON — Houston will implement a city-wide hiring freeze beginning tomorrow, Mayor John Whitmire confirmed to KHOU 11 Thursday. The decision comes in response to findings from an audit conducted by ...

HOUSTON – At the request of family members, Houston Mayor John Whitmire has extended an invitation to the public to pay their respects to former mayor and congressman Sylvester Turner.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner has died at 70. The Houston native had served 27 years in the Texas Legislature and eight years as his home city's mayor. He became ...

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully ...

Texans are honoring U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner on Thursday at the Texas State Capitol, where his body will lie in ...

U.S. Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70. He was taken to the hospital on Tuesday night and then released. His family says he passed away on Wednesday ...

HOUSTON - Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70. Rep. Turner was elected to Texas' ...

FILE - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a news conference about voting rights Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) HOUSTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep.