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High-tension Houston City Council meeting ends with greenlight of Mayor John Whitmire’s $7B budget
This year's budget approval meeting included a protest from a storm advocacy group that ended with security clearing the ...
Chris Newport, Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s chief of staff, to leave administration
Mayor John Whitmire’s chief of staff Chris Newport is leaving the administration. Newport was the first to hold the top ...
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Houston City Council passes Mayor John Whitmire’s $7 billion budget after protest disrupts meeting
City council members proposed about 70 amendments to the mayor’s proposed budget. Fourteen of them were approved.