Houston just recorded its highest number of road deaths. What can Mayor Whitmire do about it?
Mayor Whitmire has focused on traffic enforcement efforts, but critics note street design is driving many of the fatalities ...
Houston Public Media3d
‘A real gut punch’ — Houston budget deficit balloons after court ruling on infrastructure spending
City officials are grappling with a $100 million price tag for required spending on streets and drainage. The city now faces ...
Houston Public Media5d
To address homelessness, Houston mayor’s office wants to ‘end sleeping outside’
It’s not illegal to sleep outside in most of Houston, but Mayor John Whitmire wants to change that. It would require action ...
'A real gut punch': Houston controller warns city budget crisis is worsening
Houston's budget crisis increased by $100 million after the Texas Supreme Court declined to intervene in six-year-long ...
ABC 13 Houston on MSN3d
Houston's top finance official says he may not certify city's next budget as deficit grows
After a lawsuit loss, the city must come up with an additional $100 million each year to spend on roads and drainage. The ...
Texas Supreme Court ruling compounds Houston’s growing budget crisis
"We are rapidly approaching a point where, without significant budget cuts or new revenue, certifying the budget may no ...
Community Impact Newspaper5d
Houston required to allocate $100M to street, drainage projects
Houston has to consider cuts to essential services or find new sources of revenue after the Texas Supreme Court denied Houston’s motion to appeal a 2019 lawsuit, requiring the city to spend hundreds ...
Fifth Ward awarded $20M grant to address illegal dumping, air quality
HOUSTON — The Fifth Ward community can expect to see $20 million worth of change thanks to a grant from the Environmental ...
Hosted on MSN5d
Houston’s homeless could face state camping ban, expanded civility ordinance from Whitmire
Mayor John Whitmire plans to impose more limitations on Houston’s homeless population this year. That is, if the Texas ...
abc134d
Houston's top finance official says he may not certify city's next budget as deficit grows
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston's top elected finance ... was not addressed and negotiated when it was filed," said Mayor John Whitmire. The city dragged the suit through court, something several ...
Community Impact Newspaper5d
Houston secures $21.8M for new homeless initiative
Houston's Housing department and various homeless coalitions in Houston during the Feb. 3 Quality of Life Committee meeting.