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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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’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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Application Period Opens For Mayor’s 2019 Summer Jobs Program For Youths

Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Hire Houston Youth jobs program is open for summer 2019. All youth ages 16 to 24 in…

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Mayor Turner Urges Voter Registrar to Protect the Rights of Lawfully Registered Voters in Nation’s Most Diverse City

 In a letter sent today, Mayor Sylvester Turner urged Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar Ann Harris Bennett to…

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