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City Council At-Large 4 candidates differ on public safety ideas | #citycouncil

Roy Morales and incumbent Letitia Plummer will face each other in the runoff for City Council At-Large District 4. Houston Chronicle Both candidates in the race for the At-Large 4 seat on Houston City Council believe public safety is a top priority for the city, but they offer different approaches to Houston voters. Incumbent City […]

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Thanksgiving Parade kicks off with Mayor Turner, Rockets

Mayor Sylvester Turner waves at families gathered for the 74th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in downtown Houston on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023.Raquel Natalicchio/Staff photographer Add a bit of rainfall to Thanksgiving traditions around the Bayou City, right next to heaping turkey dinners and kisses from grandma. For the third year in a row, the Houston […]

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Chapter closed? Mayor Turner tells KPRC 2 Investigates, ‘Sylvester Turner has taken care of that bill’

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner spoke with KPRC 2 Investigates on Friday in the latest chapter of the controversy tied to a book focused specifically on Turner’s time as mayor. The book was produced for the recent State of the City Luncheon and there were attempts for Houston First — the city’s tourism and […]

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Houston’s next mayor to face budget, planning decisions

After eight years under the leadership of Sylvester Turner, Houston will have a new mayor in January. Seventeen candidates filed to run for the seat in the Nov. 7 election, and whoever wins will have the task of balancing the city’s budget. Houston’s mayor is considered one of the most powerful in the U.S., experts […]

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Houston mayor wears ‘One Piece’ costume for anime event

Mayor Sylvester Turner dressed up as the character Luffy from the popular anime series One Piece on Friday for the Anime Matsuri comvention. Office of Mayor Sylvester Turner Mayor Sylvester Turner said dressing as Luffy was fitting for his last Anime Matsuri as the Houston mayor. Office of Mayor Sylvester Turner Mayor Sylvester Turner has […]

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TEA says HISD superintendent has not been selected following tweet by Mayor Turner

HOUSTON – The Texas Education Agency has responded after a tweet made by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner suggested that the agency had selected a superintendent for Houston ISD. On Saturday, Turner tweeted that there was word the TEA had selected former Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles to be the superintendent of HISD. The word is […]

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A.J. Armstrong: Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, 7 others subpoenaed over 3rd trial’s venue

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A variety of Houston-area lawmakers, judges and elected officials have been called to a courtroom Monday as a hearing gets underway to help determine if A.J. Armstrong’s third murder trial should remain in or move out of Harris County. ABC13 first reported on the rare move of having the judge in […]

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AJ Armstrong: Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, 7 others subpoenaed over 3rd trial’s venue

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner are two of the nine witnesses being subpoenaed to appear on behalf of A.J. Armstrong’s defense team, which is bidding to keep his third murder trial set for next month within the county. ABC13 obtained documentation Friday showing the various elected […]

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Mayor’s priorities for his final year (Jan. 6, 2023) – Houston Public Media

Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Friday’s show: Mayor Sylvester Turner is entering his final year in office. What are his plans and priorities for that time? And we learn more about Pres. Biden’s upcoming visit to the border. Also […]

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Houston Mayor Sylvester shares details about cancer diagnosis

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For more than four months, the mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city let few people know he had been diagnosed with bone cancer. Not even his 35-year-old daughter was aware. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner publicly […]