A measure approved by the council on Wednesday brings the city to the same standards as other major Texas cities in allowing public speakers to sign up online.

The City of Houston is spending $2 million to contract outside help in trash pickups. Craig Semiens was finishing his shift as a city trash collector when he jumped on a Zoom call, painting a dire ...

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“All we're doing is trying to document the services of Houston first responders for years,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire told the city council on Wednesday. “Sixty percent of the toll roads’ mileage is ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An audit found several inefficiencies in how the City of Houston spends money and how employees are structured. Ernst& Young conducted the study that cost $580,000 and was ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston is making a push to close its mammoth $330 million projected budget shortfall. In mid-March, the city began offering to buyout retirement eligible city ...

It's a seat left open by Abbie Kamin, who left to run for Harris County attorney.

Houston rebounded significantly this year, jumping quite a bit from being ranked 73rd in last year's report. Rankings like this should be taken with a grain of salt, but the study's data and criteria ...

As a political chess match wages on between Houston leaders and the state over its ICE policy, the Attorney General is now bringing the battle to the courtroom.  On Thursday, Paxton filed a lawsuit ...

HOUSTON — Houston City Council on Wednesday approved a revised version of the city’s controversial immigration ordinance, a decision expected to free up roughly $114 million in public safety funds the ...