The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

Throughout the mayoral campaign, Whitmire pledged to use his experience and relationships with state leaders to solve Houston ...

One person has been killed in a shooting that caused a car to crash into the side of a house. The situation was reported at 2 ...

When Mayor John Whitmire prepared to oversee the final Houston ... about the problems in the department after he had been at my house at seven in the morning at my breakfast table?” ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city officials held a press conference on Monday evening to discuss the final preparations ahead of the winter storm hitting southeast Texas.

John Whitmire, will be even half as amusing." Talk about an understatement. While Whitmire hasn't received the scorn of a major city mayor who is, say, under indictment for soliciting illegal ...

"400,000 pounds of marijuana and storage and the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire. "Think about it, they are drug-addicted rats. They’re tough to deal with ...