The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is facing steep budget reductions in the coming fiscal year, with city officials warning of longer waits between mowing, fewer renovations and reduced ...

HOUSTON – Houston city leaders are facing a sobering financial outlook as they begin discussions on the proposed 2026 city budget. During a recent City Council finance committee meeting, Finance ...

Percent change in department budgets from the 2024-25 adopted budget to the 2025-26 budget. Dots are sized by 2025-26 department budgets. The cuts were largely made through consolidations pushed by a ...

Mayor John Whitmire discusses the retirement of Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner on May 8, 2024. More than $7 million from the neighborhoods department, $1.8 million from libraries and more ...

Pictured is a firefly sculpture at Woodland Park in Houston with a tennis court in the background. About 40,000 acres of city-owned parks in Houston are likely to see overgrown grass, fewer security ...

The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is facing steep budget reductions in the coming fiscal year, with city officials warning of longer waits between mowing, fewer renovations and reduced ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston controller is laying out his criticism of the mayor's budget proposal as the two top elected officials continue to be at odds over the issue. Mayor John ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire put forward a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that would avoid a significant budget deficit and aims to consolidate city operations to cut costs and redundancy ...