The mayor’s position is nonpartisan but Whitmire served a combined 50 years in the Texas House and Senate as a Democratic lawmaker before winning the Houston mayoral election in 2023.

That experience shaped my belief in making choices that support the good of the whole community, a belief I've carried throughout my career and my years of volunteer work with United Way Greater ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- This Week in Texas, we're digging into Houston Mayor John Whitmire's $7 billion budget. "We're meeting our challenges in every department," Whitmire told reporters when ...

A number of Houston homes remain damaged a year after the derecho, with residents facing slow recovery and rising risks as ...

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There are steps we can be taking,” said Daniel Potter, director of the Kinder Institute’s Houston Population Research Center. “We're not going to prepare our way out of our next disaster ...

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I’m always concerned about the financial status," Jones told Houston Public Media. "I’m also fairly sympathetic that most of the financial problems were not created by Mayor Whitmire ...

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