Texas City to host annual 'Touch a Truck' event in historic downtown this weekend. Here's what you need to know.

A new report from Houston’s City Controller reveals how the city’s finances differ from other major Texas cities, highlighting gaps in revenue and potential funding options such as garbage and environmental fees that could generate over $200 million annually without raising taxes.

That makes Austin the only Texas city on the list requiring a six-figure income to sustain a comfortable lifestyle.

At the urging of Mayor John Whitmire, the city council voted to not increase property taxes. The move comes as the city faces a $128 million deficit, projected to increase to more than $220 million next year.

The historic 40-day strike at the Hilton Americas-Houston is over after workers ratified a new contract with a $20 minimum wage last week. It was their union's first strike, and the first modern-day hotel workers' strike in Texas,

After Houston's transportation agency announced that it would remove a rainbow crosswalk in Montrose to comply with an order from the state, Houston leaders and LGBTQ+ advocates slammed the decision. Houston Mayor John Whitmire was silent. Now, he's speaking out.

The City of Houston on Thursday honored the HFD firefighters who volunteered to help after the deadly Central Texas floods.

Houston billionaires Rich and Nancy Kinder told ABC13's Melanie Lawson they plan to donate an astounding 95% of their multi-billion-dollar wealth to charities.

Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin holds a press conference in Houston's Montrose neighborhood on Oct. 14, 2025. Kamin, other Houston city leaders and state representatives assailed Gov. Greg Abbott's order to remove a rainbow crosswalk in the neighborhood. Rainbow paint on asphalt has become a battleground in Texas politics .

Demonstrators took to the streets in Austin on Saturday, protesting what they allege are abuses of power by the Trump Administration and reminding those in Washington that there are no kings in this country.