According to the Houston Chronicle, Bun B has teamed up with Mayor Annise Parker’s new campaign to end texting while driving. Read the full story here.
Former Houston City Attorney Ben Hall makes his candidacy for Houston Mayor official today with a 6pm media event. Hall says “the greatest accomplishment of…
The Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control’s “Pets of the Week” photo shoot turned out better than expected for at least one pooch. Houston Mayor…
Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker is in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic National Convention. During her time there, she was a part of the “Rebuilding…
According to a representative of the family, former Councilman Ernest McGowen Sr., one of the city’s first black elected officials has died. McGowen served as…
Via News92FM.Com With a new stadium being built to house the Houston Dynamo soccer games, there is a bit of a wrinkle in Houston city law when it comes to tailgating outside the new stadium. Houston’s code of ordinances has many from city bureaucrats to city council members wishing to make a change. Read More
Via HoustonChronicle.com: Annise D. Parker won a second term Tuesday as mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city, narrowly avoiding a runoff despite having no well-funded or well-known opponents and spending $2.3 million to promote herself to Houston voters this year. Read More VIEW ELECTION RESULTS HERE
HOUSTON — Red-light cameras in Houston were turned back on Wednesday while the city fights the company that owns them. Houston Mayor Annise Parker said tickets would be issued again after a short period of equipment testing. Tickets issued for traffic violations captured by red-light cameras at dozens of Houston intersections ceased after 53 percent […]
Join in the conversation as Mayor Annise Parker Discusses the “State of the City”; LaMont Evans talks about National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2011; and Max Edison, Defender Network Sports Director from the Super Bowl in Dallas. Sunday Morning Live at 9:00 CT
Mandatory furloughs for city of Houston workers will happen next week, but the plan won’t include firefighters or police officers, the mayor said. Mayor Annise Parker said she will announce how many next week. Read more
Mayor Annise Parker has shelved a campaign promise to use a controversial federal program to screen for illegal immigrants in local jails, saying the city has not yet decided to fund the initiative amid a tight budget year. Instead, she said, the city is focused on a less costly program that automatically checks the immigration […]
