Houston’s permitting center has been struggling for years, and Mayor John Whitmire is hoping a 30-day pilot program that he ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced Monday he’s sent more resources to Kerrville to respond to historic flooding that has ...

Mayor John Whitmire is urging Houstonians to come together in unity and reflection following the devastating floods that ...

Mayor John Whitmire says the ordinance is one way to help keep public spaces clean and safe, especially as downtown grows ...

A wave of disappointment in Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s performance is growing among Harris County Democrats, but it’s ...

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 ...

Ex-Houston board appointee Sadé Perkins faced backlash for offensive comments about Camp Mystic after deadly floods, with her ...

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

ABC13 reported in April 2024 that Houston Mayor John Whitmire created a committee to review council-led agenda items, ...

A political scientist compared the effort to formally admonish Whitmire over his cozy relationship with Republicans to “a snowball that's rolling downhill in a desert.” An initiative to recall ...

John Whitmire, a moderate Democrat who has served in the Texas State Senate since 1983, won a runoff election on Saturday to become mayor of Houston, according to The Associated Press, defeating ...