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A former member of the Houston Food Insecurity Board will be "permanently" removed after race-based rhetoric about TX flood victims.
Mayor John Whitmire said the management district, which voted to dissolve itself in 2018 but did not end up doing so, lacks legal authority to take actions such as sending out tax bills to ...
Advocacy group Fair for Houston filed an injunction against Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Houston City Council following repeated requests for the city to comply with a local law that calls for ...
Today, we filed our lawsuit against Houston Mayor John Whitmire and the members of Houston City Council seeking immediate enforcement of Proposition B (2023). Our press release is below. 1/ pic ...
Dr. Christina B. Propst and Sade Perkins, a former appointee to Houston’s Food Insecurity Board, were condemned for their ...
As Houston City Council members consider Mayor John Whitmire's four new METRO board member nominations later this week, some worry about the direction of the public transportation agency. 24/7 ...
Finally, Mayor Sylvester Turner takes action on erroneous Houston water bills (Editorial) By The Editorial Board , Opinions from the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board Dec 6, 2023 ...
The board of the Houston Housing Authority called a special meeting Wednesday afternoon to "take any appropriate employment action" concerning the organization's chief executive, David A. Northern ...
In a highly unusual move, Mayor John Whitmire has undertaken a major overhaul of the Houston Housing Authority's board of commissioners after the agency paused issuance of all "Section 8 ...
The Houston mayor said his administration has a plan to address ... Plane crashes in Tennessee with at least 16 on board. ... Houston city leaders take action on water billing issues following ...
On Saturday, he was elected mayor of Houston, defeating Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff. Whitmire scored an overwhelming victory, carrying 65 percent of the vote.
Despite having an LGBTQ city board, members say they haven't met with the Houston mayor since he was elected 18 months ago.