Whitmire said the Houston Police Department is focused on enforcing state laws. He also said “politicizing” federal ...

Two months after Houston Mayor Whitmire set a $70 million goal to combat homelessness, City Housing Director Mike Nicols says ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city officials held a press conference on Monday evening to discuss the final preparations ahead of the winter storm hitting southeast Texas.

“It’s no time to let up,” Mayor Whitmire said. “I ask you to lower your activities, stay at home. Look out for our most vulnerable.” The mayor solidified statements that he made in a ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire has rescinded a city administrative policy that allowed municipal employees to partially work from home. Starting on February 1, all city employees will be ...

Ahead of a winter storm that's anticipated to bring freezing rain, sleet and potentially 3-5 inches of snow or more to the Houston area, Mayor John Whitmire stressed Sunday that city residents do ...

Whitmire said city leaders begged the man to go to a shelter, but he declined. The mayor said the man was taking off his clothes, and that the situation was an “obvious mental health case.” ...

HOUSTON — A bet is a bet and Houston Mayor John Whitmire is making good on his. Before the Texans game against the Kansas City Chiefs, KC Mayor Quinton Lucas bet Whitmire that if the Texans won ...