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

Throughout his first year in office, Mayor John Whitmire has consistently mentioned one solution for addressing the city’s financial struggles – turning to his connections in Austin.

When I did a roundup of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's tweets last year, I predicted that "time will tell if his successor, Sen. John Whitmire, will be even half as amusing." Talk about ...

“I think we’ve made a huge difference,” the mayor said. After more than 50 years in the Texas Senate, Whitmire’s entry into the mayor’s office at Houston City Hall served as a radical ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require ...

The Oconee County Legislative Delegation is scheduled to meet with local residents during its annual delegation meeting on Jan. 23, according to delegation chairman and S.C. Senate ...

But those connections might not come to fruition the way the former state senator has long promised. In a recent interview with the Houston Chronicle, Whitmire admitted that where he thought he ...