Mayor Sylvester Turner Joins Tribute to Fallen Heroes at the Houston Fire Dept. 2019 Memorial Ceremony

Mayor Sylvester Turner joined Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena, the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 341, and many others…

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

Dear Fellow Houstonians, Everyone loves firefighters, and everyone wants them to be paid commensurate to what other firefighters are making…

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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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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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