And he's not overstepping; these are all actions the mayor of Houston is legally empowered to take. By design, there isn't much anyone, even City Council members, can do about it.

“Thank you for bringing that to our attention,” Whitmire said. “It's a serious problem.” ...

Mayor John Whitmire will meet with Houston Police Department Chief Finner and executive members of the Houston Area Police Chief Association Thursday morning to ... I want actions,” Whitmire ...

Whitmire reversed his initial position that none of the $315 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awarded the funding in response to last year’s ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire announces a traffic safety initiative targeting dangerous driving on I-45 and US-59. ... the mayor made it clear that these actions will no longer be tolerated.

Mayor John Whitmire and Houston's city council face legal trouble from an advocacy group over continued membership in H-GAC despite Proposition B.

The mayor’s message was clear ... “CenterPoint needs to do a better job,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said addressing the ... “They need to do a review of action that we just went ...

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 ...

Since she announced she was running, Parker has been waiting to hear from Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who has yet to ...

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 ...

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former two-term mayor of Houston, died early Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the Houston Chronicle reported. He was 70. The Democrat’s death, two months into his ...