In a letter sent to city employees Thursday, Whitmire wrote that the city will be offering a “one-time Voluntary Municipal ...

The retirement incentive comes on the heels of a hiring freeze. The city faces a more than $330 million projected budget ...

Mayor John Whitmire says City of Houston employees should expect citywide restructuring and offered a one-time retirement ...

Houston is offering voluntary buyouts to retirement-eligible employees to tackle budget challenges while avoiding layoffs.

Mayor Whitmire wants Houston to be the first major city in the U.S. to end street homelessness. Here's what the city is planning.

Some local Muslims plan to once again boycott Whitmire's appearance at annual Ramadan event over his refusal to call for a ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was honored with a public memorial at City Hall, where mourners gathered to pay their ...

Whitmire wants to implement a hiring freeze in the city government. As of September, the city had nearly 5,000 vacant ...

The mayor told ABC13 that public safety, including Houston's fire and police departments, will be spared, but all other ...

Mayor John Whitmire is expected to implement a hiring freeze later this month in Houston to improve the city’s efficiency, ...

Mayor John Whitmire is planning to implement a hiring freeze in the ... needs are reassessed to benefit the organization and ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire said he wants Houston to be the first major city in the United States to end street homelessness ...