Mayor’s Open Letter to Houstonians About Prop. B and Moving Forward

Please see Mayor Sylvester Turner’s open letter on the aftermath of Proposition B here. Excerpts: — “We love and respect…

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Mayor Turner Affirms His Support For Collective Bargaining

Please attribute the following statement to Mayor Sylvester Turner: “The Houston Professional Fire Fighters’ Association, Local 341, the firefighters’ union,…

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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Approves Fire Cadet’s Swearing-In

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has allowed the certification of one Houston Fire Department cadet who would soon reach the maximum…

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Public Meetings on Capital Improvements and Recovery Programs in Each Council District Start Tuesday Night

Mayor Sylvester Turner will lead City of Houston community meetings in each council district to discuss capital improvement projects and…

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Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence Releases Second Report

Mayor Sylvester Turner and Haley Carter, chair of the Mayor’s Commission Against Gun Violence, today announced details of the commission’s…

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Mayor Turner Announces Success on Pothole Initiative and Launches Plan to Improve City Streets

Mayor Sylvester Turner announced an impressive 100% success rate in next-day pothole repairs called into 311 for the year 2018…

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Mayor Turner’s Statement on Internal Investigation into Jan. 29 HPD Narcotics Raid

Statement by Mayor Sylvester Turner on the internal investigation into the Jan. 29 HPD narcotics raid in which two suspects…

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Non-Profit Corporation’s Proposal to House Young Immigrants Downtown No Longer Includes Children Under 16

The corporation that had sought to house immigrant children ages 0 to 17 in a downtown Houston building for the…

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BARC: Houston, We Had A Tiger!

BARC — the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoptions Center — is pleased to announce that the 350-pound male…

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