The Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 5-4 to deny President Donald Trump's emergency bid to avoid paying nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds. Whitmire announced Turner's death Wednesday morning. He ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Wednesday announced the city is implementing a citywide hiring freeze beginning this week, as first reported by ABC 13's Shannon Ryan. The mayor's office said the ...

Mayor John Whitmire was elected in December, overwhelmingly defeating Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Now, staring down a deficit of $160 million, he is proposing spending cuts and potential ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was honored with a public memorial at City Hall, where mourners gathered to pay their ...

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

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Mayor John Whitmire’s administration has rescinded a city policy that allowed Houston’s municipal workers to work a hybrid schedule, coming into the office on some days and working remotely at ...

Representative and former mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner has passed away at 70-year-old. Houston mayor John Whitmire makes remarks during the opening of City Council.

In a city council meeting Tuesday, Mayor John Whitmire addressed immigration enforcement and how it's being handled at a local level. 'No need': Donald Trump revokes Joe Biden's security ...

Houston's Metropolitan Transit Authority announced it will provide $10 million to Houston Mayor John Whitmire's homeless initiative to assist him in "reclaiming" public spaces from the city's ...

Mayor John Whitmire is expected to implement a hiring freeze later this month in Houston to improve the city’s efficiency, his spokesperson, Mary Benton confirmed with Community Impact.