Town Crier

The Drama You Missed at Houston City Council This Month, August 2025

Hotly debated housing funding, a makeover for the Booker Landfill, and a solid waste department comeback for the books (so we’re told).

08/25/2025 By Emily Hynds

We're Outside

Dress Code Ordinances and Crime Crackdowns: Is Houston's Nightlife Scene the New Policy Battleground?

Inside the clash between policies, crime crackdowns, and a nightlife industry possibly caught in the middle.

07/31/2025 By Erica Cheng

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

Budget, budget, budget, more budget, and finally an end to the requirement that police personnel make at least one traffic stop on every shift.

06/23/2025 By Emily Hynds

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

Giddy up for budget season, y’all. Plus: Whitmire has another strange interaction.

05/19/2025 By Emily Hynds

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

The removal of bike lanes on Austin Street stirred up some drama and Airbnb operators have new mandates.

04/21/2025 By Emily Hynds

Reasons to Love Houston

Houstonians Let It All Out at City Council Public Comment

People like Antasia Adamjee, an organizer with Houston for Palestinian Liberation, have gotten involved in local politics through city council meetings.

03/31/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

The late Mayor Sylvester Turner was honored while squabbles over district funds and the Montrose TIRZ continue.

03/24/2025 By Emily Hynds

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

An eventful month at city hall was marked by audit drama, TIRZ drama, and lawsuit drama…just lots of money drama.

02/24/2025 By Emily Hynds

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month

An eventful month at city hall was marked by cold weather and…rats in the HPD evidence room?!

01/27/2025 By Emily Hynds

City Hall 101

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Houston City Council Meetings

…but were afraid to ask.

01/27/2025 By Emily Hynds

Council Concerns

What Your Neighbors Are Complaining about at Houston City Hall

These are the local political issues Houstonians actually care about.

09/18/2024 By Uvie Bikomo

How It’s Going

100 Days of New Houston Mayor John Whitmire

From the Houston Avenue median debacle to many, many staff shake-ups.

04/09/2024 By Uvie Bikomo

Food Fight

The Latest on the Unsavory Pappas Restaurant Feud at Hobby Airport

A profitable restaurant contract will soon evict Houston-based Pappas restaurants.

03/14/2023 By Shelby Stewart

In the Streets

City of Houston’s Patio Program Will Extend Into 2023

Downtown nightclub Cherry marks the latest business to participate.

03/08/2022 By Shelby Stewart

VISUAL ART

Public Art Series Takes Over Houston's 11 Council Districts

Art League Houston and MOCA team up with local artists for city-wide Insta11ations.

12/02/2021 By Amarie Gipson Photography by Alex Barber

Rules of the road

No More Electric Scooters on Houston Sidewalks? We Have Solutions!

City Council voted this week to take e-scooters to the street, so here’s a list of 10 alternate modes of transportation for you.

03/25/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

All Politics is Local

City Councilmember Letitia Plummer Follows in Giant Footsteps

And now she's allowed in the room where it happens.

10/13/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

All Politics is Local

How Martha Wong Went from Teacher to Politician

The former Texas representative paved the way for Asian Americans in Houston politics.

10/13/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Cit of Dreams

Finding Home a World Away: Asia

Nine immigrants from all across Asia share their stories.

03/02/2020 By Abby Ledoux, Schaefer Edwards, Jeff Balke, and Catherine Matusow

Politicking

Get Ready to Vote Again Next Month Today

Houston's mayoral elections are heading for a runoff.

11/06/2019 By Dianna Wray