Whitmire rallied support from progressive and conservative voters in his battle to sit at the city's helm, handily defeating ...

Dr. Christopher Harvey, the mayor of Manor, Texas, attended the 2025 African American Mayors Association conference to ...

The bill by Houston Sen. Paul Bettencourt would also ban congestion pricing, which was undertaken in New York.

A multiyear drainage lawsuit has reached its end after Mayor John Whitmire and the plaintiffs reached an agreement April 16 ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that Nov. 4 will be the date of the special election for the ...

Houston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to rename Terminal E after Jackson Lee, the Democrat who represented parts ...

"When I was younger, we had Astroworld," one Houstonian said. "Now that my kids are growing, I would like to see the same thing." A theme park industry expert says he knows groups eyeing Houston.

Martin didn't leave without making an impact on the Houston community. Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed Sept. 24 "Jonathan ...

There were many similarities as well as stark differences in the 2025 and 2021 inauguration ceremonies of Mayors Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer. First was the size of the two events. There were about ...

Broderick Turner is a Los Angeles Times reporter who covers the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers. He has been at The Times since 2008. He was hired to help with coverage of the Lakers and switched ...

Andrew Schneider is the senior reporter for politics and government at Houston Public Media, NPR’s affiliate station in Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he heads the station’s coverage of ...

Posted on March 31, 2025 · Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, let two key deadlines pass to call a May special election to fill the seat of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.