Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner argued the charter amendment violates state law. Opponents on City Council said the potential lawsuit amounts to defying the will of the voters.
Posted on · Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner decided to sit down with Lamar High School students to talk about gun violence after he received a moving letter from a senior.
Posted on · The Gulf monarchy’s donation comes as part of a campaign to aid Greater Houston’s long-term recovery from Harvey.
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner says he plans to overhaul the department even if Proposition B fails. The firefighters’ union is threatening legal action.
Posted on · The Mayor says that passage of Proposition B, granting firefighters pay parity with police, would nearly double the city’s projected budget shortfall next year.
Posted on · The Houston Mayor argues the near-$300 million price tag for Proposition B would wreck the city’s finances. He’s having a tough time convincing voters, especially Democrats.
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner says the ballot initiative would blow a hole in the city’s budget. The union representing Houston’s firefighters says it’s a matter of equity.
Posted on · The Mayor says there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of Houstonians still living in flood-damaged homes one year after the storm struck
Posted on · Voters won’t get to decide whether the fees stay or go, but they will get to vote on how they’re used. A Texas Supreme Court ruling eliminated restrictions that kept the City from moving collected fees into the general fund.
Posted on · The city says Southwest Key will have to reapply for permits and wait for new inspections before the facility can open
Posted on · HPFFA says Sylvester Turner and Dave Martin violated the Texas Election Code, but the Mayor contends the union is trying to block him from discussing the cost of pay parity
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Posted on · Turner said Houston is home to nearly 17,000 people of Peruvian, Chilean and Argentinian descent
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner said Houston will partner with the Black Heritage Society, which organized the nation’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade 40 years ago. The MLK Parade Foundation has produced a competing event for the past two decades.
Posted on · During a press conference on Tuesday Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed the City's and his personal opposition to setting up a facility in Houston to shelter immigrant children who have been split from their parents upon arrival to the border looking for asylum in the U.S.