The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts...
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Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near...
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Clear Lake City is a master-planned community located in southeast Harris County, Texas, within the Bay Area of Greater Houston. It is the second-largest...
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The 1995 Houston elections took place on November 7, 1995, and December 9, 1995. All City Council posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections...
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County. The city of Houston has a strong mayor–council government. The City's elected officials, serving four-year terms, are: the mayor, the city comptroller...
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The Seal of the City of Houston is the insignia seal of the city of Houston. The Houston City Council, on Monday February 17, 1840, passed a resolution...
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Houston Fire Department Chief (2016–present) Letitia Plummer, at-large Houston city councilor for Position 4 (2020–present) Tiffany Thomas, Houston city...
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Boykins" (PDF). City of Houston. January 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2019. "City of Houston Council District "D"." City of Houston. February 4, 2003...
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neighborhood; by the 1970s crime was beginning to increase. In 1977 the Houston City Council voted to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by renaming South Park...
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City Park is a master-planned community in Houston, Texas, United States, that encompasses the subdivisions of City Park, City Park West, and City Oaks...
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Scarface (rapper) (category Rappers from Houston)
known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas. Raised in the city's South Acres (Crestmont Park) neighborhood, he has been ranked...
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When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political...
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Tony Buzbee (category University of Houston Law Center alumni)
runoff election. On August 21, 2023, Buzbee filed to run for the Houston City Council seat for District G. In the general election, Buzbee placed second...
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The Houston City Hall building is the headquarters of the City of Houston's municipal government. Constructed during 1938 and 1939, the City Hall complex...
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Lakewood Church Central Campus (redirect from Houston Compaq Center)
franchise to Houston. The city, however, lacked an indoor arena suitable to host a major sports franchise. The largest arena in the city at the time was...
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (redirect from Houston Intercontinental Airport)
congressman. In April 1997, Houston City Council unanimously voted to rename the airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston, after George H. W. Bush...
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Memorial City is a commercial district in the Memorial area of Houston, Texas, United States. Located along Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) between Beltway...
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historic landmark". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-03-02. "Houston City Council Meeting Agenda, November 7, 2007" (PDF). City of Houston. p. 4/246. Retrieved...
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Annise Parker (category Houston City Council members)
Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller...
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The necessary revision in a Houston parade ordinance to allow a nighttime parade was facilitated by then-Houston City Council member Annise Parker. With...
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"COUNCIL DISTRICT MAPS > DISTRICT E Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine." City of Houston. Retrieved on November 3, 2008. "City Council." City of...
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Amanda Edwards (category Houston City Council members)
an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in...
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In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area. With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163...
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Michael Berry (radio host) (category Houston City Council members)
American conservative radio talk show host based in Houston, Texas. A former member of the Houston City Council, Berry has worked as an attorney, a real estate...
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Greg Travis (politician) (category Houston City Council members)
Travis (born June 7, 1963) is a Houston politician and attorney who represented District G of the Houston City Council from 2016 to 2022. Gregory R. Travis...
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and the violent crime rate was 91.27 out of 1,000. In 2016 the Houston City Council established a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ) in western Sunnyside...
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May 28, 2014, the Houston City Council voted 11–6 to enact the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) which was authored by Houston's then-Mayor, Annise...
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Sue Lovell, a member of the Houston City Council Annise Parker, former Mayor of Houston, former at-large Houston City Council member. William Sydney Porter...
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ethnic groups. As of April 2011 two of the Houston City Council members are Hispanic, making up 18% of the council. As of 2010, John B. Strait and Gang Gong...
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Sheila Jackson Lee (category Houston City Council members)
includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected...
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