The department also has improved response times and worker morale.

A measure approved by the council on Wednesday brings the city to the same standards as other major Texas cities in allowing ...

Facing a "broken financial system" and years of structural instability, Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Tuesday unveiled a ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire shakes hands with an HPD cadet after announcing raises for officers. In what would be a stinging loss of a staunch ally, the leader of the Houston Police Officers’ Union ...

Houston has launched a $30 million "Demolition Days" initiative to tear down more than 2,000 dangerous, abandoned buildings, ...

The proposal would be a significant shift in how Houston funds one of its most troubled services, and would make Houston the last major Texas city to charge a trash fee.

HOUSTON – Mayor John Whitmire is responding to Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement of a new violent crime task force that will launch in Houston and Harris County. Abbott unveiled the initiative ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JUNE 11: Former Houston mayor Annise Parker announces her intent to run for Harris County judge outside the ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Houston's mayor and city council over a sanctuary ordinance that ended a police policy requiring ...

A day after a Chronicle report found Houston police officers in at least two instances arrested drivers and personally transported them to immigration agents, Mayor John Whitmire told Univision ...