Whitmire expressed frustration with homeless people who refused shelter during this week's winter storm. He said the city needs the authority to remove them from the streets.

Mayor John Whitmire said during the historic arctic blast that hit the Houston area, around 1,300 unhoused individuals ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire said on Wednesday that he's thankful that there have been no fatalities due to traffic accidents.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire is a man of his word. He’s sending some of Houston’s best food to Kansas City after the Chiefs’ big win and making sure that the people who made it all possible get a plate ...

Mayor John Whitmire announced that he is ending all work-from-home programs for city employees effective on Feb. 1.

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.

When Mayor John Whitmire prepared to oversee the final Houston City Council meeting of his first year in office, he said he’d keep his comments “short and sweet.” It was a strange departure ...

When I did a roundup of former Houston ... Sen. 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 ...

Ahead of a winter storm that's anticipated to bring freezing rain, sleet and potentially 3-5 inches of snow or more to the Houston area, Mayor John Whitmire stressed Sunday that city residents do ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire announces pay raises for officers ... told Houston Matters the sale could "truly handicap the city in the long term." "To me this would be premature, before the city ...

When John Whitmire took over as Houston’s mayor, he came in with seven campaign promises centered around the city’s public safety, financial and ethical needs. On the campaign trail ...

It is all hands on deck in the City of Houston as preparations move forward for a potentially historic winter storm in southeast Texas. Mayor John Whitmire said planning began on Thursday and will ...