A group of Houstonians says it plans to begin the work of gathering 64,000 signatures in hopes of eventually ousting Mayor ...

Houston’s Solid Waste Management Director Mark Wilfalk has resigned from his position, Mayor John Whitmire wrote in a memo to ...

A group calling itself Recall Houston is gearing up to try to remove Mayor John Whitmire from office. ABC13 spoke with the ...

As Houston Mayor John Whitmire passed his first year in office, the former dean of the Texas Senate stumbled upon a surprise — the connections in Austin he touted throughout his campaign weren’t ...

The efficiency study has already swept across the city's 22 departments in search of savings and improvements.

After Houston Public Works removed protections from the Heights Boulevard bike lane, more than 20 demonstrators lined the ...

Mayor John Whitmire is offering voluntary retirement incentives to 2,700 retirement-eligible city employees as a way to cut ...

Some feel that former Mayor Turner's 'Vision Zero' initiative was helping but when Mayor Whitmire stepped in, some of those ...

according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Mayor Whitmire shared the news exclusively with ABC13 on Wednesday. He told Eyewitness News that the freeze will be implemented this week and "likely" on ...

HOUSTON, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor John Whitmire and Houston First Corporation today unveiled a transformational master plan to reconnect the city's East End with downtown, creating a ...

Mayor John Whitmire said Houston's citywide hiring freeze will address overstaffing while exempting public safety departments. This story excerpt is courtesy of our partners at KHOU 11.

Mayor John Whitmire’s office is proposing changes to the city’s ethics rules. Despite a blowup over event fundraising ...