The efficiency study has already swept across the city's 22 departments in search of savings and improvements.

In 2020, former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner expanded the city's office dedicated to the prevention of human trafficking ...

Supplemental services, like police patrols and home repairs, are paused in District J. Houston City Council member Edward ...

Turner’s death comes two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office last year ...

Washington—Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died, weeks after taking office. He was 70 years old. Turner also served as Houston's mayor from 2016 until 2024. The city of Houston ...

Houston City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to abolish the city's Office of Resilience and Sustainability, which oversaw Houston's Climate Action Plan, and create the mayor's Office of ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire said he wants Houston ... that others may have in the city." Pollard said his office has decommissioned encampments in Gulfton and near Chimney ...

69% off bamboo-blend sheet set Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner reflected on his past eight years in office during the State of the City 2023 address on Wednesday. (KPRC) Former Houston Mayor and U ...

were among the first to arrive at the Church Without Walls in west Houston Saturday to pay their respects and say their final goodbyes to the late Congressman and former Mayor Sylvester Turner.

Reflecting on his legacy while presiding over his final city council meeting in 2023, Turner said he was leaving office knowing that “no other mayor in the city of Houston has dealt with seven ...