HOUSTON (AP) — Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a ...

The mayor offered the retirement program in March in a pitch to save the city money. At the time, Houston was contending with ...

The city is currently in the process of securing a generator for the Kashmere Gardens Multi-Purpose Center, which was ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware. That included Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who she said seemed “as shocked as we were.” The videos, which showed officers aggressively pushing ...