HOUSTON — Houston City Council approved an amendment to an ordinance on Wednesday prohibiting police traffic stop quotas, following collaboration between law enforcement and community advocacy ...

Housing emerged as the city’s top unmet need following Hurricane Beryl and the May 2024 derecho with around $230 million in needed investment.

Housing Houston has $229 million in housing needs after disasters, but plans to spend $315 million on other programs. In an assessment of the city’s unmet needs, the U.S. Department of Housing ...

Roughly a year after a derecho and Hurricane Beryl wreaked devastation in the Houston area, city officials released May 23 an analysis that listed housing as the city's top unmet need, a ...

A voter-approved amendment to the city charter, passed by 83% of Houston voters in 2023, allows council members to place items on the agenda for consideration.

Houston City Councilmember Mario Castillo's recent proposal to make one meeting a month more accessible to residents by moving the time to 6 p.m. is a good one.

Watch: Houston City Council Members discuss police stop quotas in a meeting. Houston Police Wednesday ended the practice. SpaceX unmanned Starship rocket spins out of control less than an hour ...

Protestors are upset about the mayor’s $7 billion budget proposal which gives more funding to police, fire and BARC; and makes cuts to other services like parks, health and public works.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Protestors were kicked out of Houston City Hall after calling on city leaders to oppose its $7 billion fiscal year 2026 budget, which passed shortly after on Wednesday.

City council members discussed a total of 84 amendments to the budget, which included items like investing in the local drainage system, adding more BARC animal enforcement officers and requiring ...

Houston City Council members voted to approve Mayor John Whitmire's $7 billion budget on Wednesday, amid months-long debate over cuts, consolidations and disputed claims that the proposal would ...

Theresa Hancock and other council members dug into the city's spending reports this week, and approved an eight-month evaluation of City Manager Mike Gonzalez.