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'This is not the time' | Judge Hidalgo, Mayor Whitmire exchange words during disaster recovery news...
KHOU 11 Houston· 3 days agoHouston Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo held a joint news conference for...
Photos and videos capture damage as strong storm slams Houston: 'Downtown is a mess'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHouston is in "recovery mode," Mayor John Whitmire said Thursday evening during a news conference....
City of Houston closes parts of downtown, opens cooling centers
CW39 NewsFix· 11 hours agoMayor John Whitmire says the city is blocking off part of downtown Houston from Louisiana Street to...
Part of downtown Houston now an 'exclusion zone' because of extent of damage from Thursday's storms
KHOU 11 Houston· 14 hours agoShards of glass still litter the streets and there may still be falling glass. “The business...
Whitmire lays out Houston city budget without raising taxes - What's Your Point?
KRIV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe mayor's budget tackles a deficit with federal aid, funds academy classes for police and fire. It also settles firefighter labor issues, pledges efficiency audits across city departments, ...
Mayor accuses management of 'abandoning' affordable housing residents without power after storm
ABC13 Houston· 9 hours agoAt least two people were transported to the hospital from Independence Hall, a Northline affordable...
Chaos reigns throughout Houston ISD as schools reopen with no A/C
Houston Chronicle· 6 hours agoHouston Mayor John Whitmire even voiced his concerns about opening HISD schools too soon. "Let me...
Four deaths confirmed from severe storm that ravaged Houston
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMuch of downtown Houston and its commercial district were littered with fallen power lines and glass...
Houston power outages enter 4th day amid heatwave fears
Newsweek· 13 hours agoHundreds of thousands of Texans are without power for a fourth day after a devastating thunderstorm...
City asks Houstonians to avoid parts of downtown while crews clean up debris
ABC13 Houston· 10 hours agoParts of downtown Houston are still blocked off on Monday in what Mayor John Whitmire is calling an "exclusion zone." It's so sidewalk cleanup and repairs ...