City Of Houston
Houston Avoids Budget Shortfall With $607 Million In Federal Funds
Posted on · The $5.1 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 is a $227.96 million increase over last year’s spending.
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Politics
Turner Leads Houston’s Mayoral Race And Voters Support METRO Bond, HPM-KHOU 11 Poll Finds
Posted on · More than one-third of respondents say they'll vote for incumbent Sylvester Turner -- though even more of them give the city of Houston a poor grade on flood control and road maintenance.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Leads South America Trip
Posted on · Turner said Houston is home to nearly 17,000 people of Peruvian, Chilean and Argentinian descent
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UPDATE: Turner Stresses Discrepancies With FEMA On Housing Assistance Six Months After Harvey, Launches Volunteer Program
Posted on · The City will launch a new volunteer program called ‘Houston Still Needs You’
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Houston Doesn’t Have Money To Build Third Reservoir: Mayor Turner
Posted on · Houston Mayor said that the cost of another reservoir is around $500 million and added that Texans need the same kind of federal assistance that Louisiana received after Hurricane Katrina, and New York and New Jersey got following Hurricane Sandy
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Your Questions for Mayor Sylvester Turner: Friday’s Show (September 30, 2016)
Posted on · Earlier this month (Sept. 14, 2016), Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a preliminary plan to reform the city's pension system and address an unfunded liability in the billions, paying it off over thirty years. The plan will, among other measures, lower the assumed rate of return on pension investments to seven percent, which Turner says […]
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Houston Mayor Urges State Board To Reject Controversial Textbook
Posted on · Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is asking the Texas Board of Education to reject a controversial textbook.
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Former Houston Mayor Will Be Honored Along Grand Parkway
Posted on · Officials have voted to designate the road as the Bob Lanier Memorial Parkway.
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Houston City Council Set To Vote On Changes To Campaign Finance Ordinance
Posted on · Some worry the new rules would give an even bigger advantage to incumbents and wealthier candidates.
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Teacher Appraisal, Mayor Parker, and Storm Stories: Wednesday’s show (May 11, 2016)
Posted on · Last month, the Association of Professional Educators announced a petition to challenge the state's planned updated appraisal system tying teacher evaluation scores to student performance on standardized tests. That announcement followed a lawsuit brought by the Texas State Teachers Association, seeking to invalidate part of the new evaluation system being planned by Texas Education Commissioner […]
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If Solving Houston’s Pothole Problem Is So Easy, Why Didn’t Parker Do It?
Posted on · The city of Houston says it’s on its way to meet Mayor Sylvester Turner’s goal of filling every pothole that is reported within 24 hours - less than two weeks after his inauguration.
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Sylvester Turner Faces First Challenge At City Council After Being Inaugurated As Mayor
Posted on · Council Member Michael Kubosh wanted to delay appointing Council Member Ellen Cohen as mayor pro tem, although the council ultimately approved the appointment.
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In Inaugural Speech, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Lays Out Plans To Fix Roads, Finances
Posted on · The new mayor took the oath of office during a ceremony at Jones Hall on Monday morning.
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Inauguration Ceremonies Held for Mayor Turner, Council Members
Posted on · At inauguration ceremonies this morning (Jan. 4, 2016) at Jones Hall, Mayor Sylvester Turner took the oath of office, along with new city council members and City Controller Chris Brown. In his inaugural address, Mayor Turner shared some of his personal journey in politics and a positive message regarding the challenges facing the City of […]
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Outgoing Houston Mayor Annise Parker Leaves Some Unfinished Business To Her Successor
Posted on · Mayor-elect Sylvester Turner will have to deal with several important issues Parker hasn’t been able to resolve.