Politics
What Issues Will Shape The 2019 Houston Mayor’s Race?
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner is running for a second term. To a large extent, the contest will be a referendum on his record.
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News
Mayoral Candidate Bill King Unveils Ethics Reform Plan
Posted on · The seven-point proposal would restrict campaign donations.
News
FBI Launches Civil Rights Investigation Of Deadly Houston Drug Raid
Posted on · Thousands of previous criminal cases handled by one Houston officer are also under review.
News
The Greater Houston Partnership Introduces Its New Chair, Discusses Goals For 2017
Posted on · The organization says it will monitor the Texas legislative session and reaffirms its support for Mayor Turner’s pension reform plan.
Houston Matters
Former Mayoral Candidate Bill King Takes Issue With Potential Pension Reform Deal
Posted on · The Houston City Council this morning (Oct. 26, 2016) passed a resolution of support for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposal to reform the city’s pension system and address an unfunded liability in the billions, paying it off over 30 years. This, after the firefighters’ pension board Monday agreed to the plan which will, among other measures, lower the assumed […]
Full Show
Bill King on Pension Deal and Bluefin Tuna: Wednesday’s Show (October 26, 2016)
Posted on · The Houston City Council this morning (Oct. 26, 2016) passed a resolution of support for Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposal to reform the city’s pension system and address an unfunded liability in the billions, paying it off over 30 years. This, after the firefighters’ pension board Monday agreed to the plan which will, among other measures, lower the assumed […]
Local
Houston Council Member Plans To Delay Vote On Mayor’s Plan To Reform Pensions
Posted on · Michael Kubosh says he needs more time to study the proposal and is also following a suggestion from State Sen. Paul Bettencourt.
Local
Houston Mayor Announces Preliminary Pension Reform, Not All Parties Fully On Board
Posted on · The proposed plan would decrease the city’s unfunded liability by $2.5 billion.
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Sylvester Turner Elected Mayor: Monday’s Show (December 14, 2015)
Posted on · On Saturday, Houston voters went to the polls and narrowly elected Sylvester Turner as the next Mayor of Houston. Turner, who eked out the runoff election win with 51 percent of the vote, reinforced in his victory speech that he “will do [his] very, very best to represent every single Houstonian in this city.” The mayor-elect says he’ll […]
Weather
Bad Weather Can Affect Voter Turnout But There Are Nuances For Local Elections
Posted on · Rain is in the forecast for Houston on the day of the Mayoral runoff between Sylvester Turner and Bill King.
Houston Matters
Poll Shows King and Turner in a Dead Heat as Runoff Approaches
Posted on · The results of the latest News 88.7/KHOU 11 News 2015 Runoff Election Poll show former State Rep. Sylvester Turner and former Kemah Mayor Bill King are in a statistical dead heat as Election Day (Dec. 12, 2015) approaches. News 88.7’s Managing News Editor Jose Luis Jimenez sat down with the pollster — Rice University Political Science Professor Bob Stein — to analyze the results.
Local
Poll: Houston Mayoral Candidates Face Tight Runoff Race
Posted on · The survey was conducted by the Survey Research Center, the University of Houston Center for Public Policy & Rice University.
Houston Matters
Houston Mayoral Candidates Discuss Pensions, Infrastructure In Final Debate
Posted on · Sylvester Turner and Bill King talked to Houston Matters’ Craig Cohen Tuesday.
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Houston Matters’ Mayoral Runoff ’15: Tuesday’s Show (December 8, 2015)
Posted on · On this special edition of Houston Matters, we devote the entire hour to the two candidates in Houston’s mayoral runoff election: Sylvester Turner and Bill King. Bill King is a Houston native and an attorney and businessman who served two terms as mayor of the small city of Kemah in Galveston County. For a decade, […]
Politics
Houston Mayoral Candidates Face Off In Debate Before Election Day
Posted on · The central disagreement between Bill King and Sylvester Turner is how to deal with the city’s looming budget crisis.