Ryan Nickerson

Metro revises budget after backlash

Bus, rail service levels to be maintained; lower-priority projects delayed; 177 jobs cut

$1.7B Metro plan cuts bus, rail hours

Budget also would slash spending on long-term projects, marking first post-pandemic trims

Houston moves to revive 37 civic groups

Super Neighborhoods a channel to City Hall, in need of volunteers

County proposes a $3.1B budget, tax rate hike

Spending would climb 12% as policing, health costs rise

No-knock ban, pot policy could make city ballot

Petition signatures for referendum submitted to City Hall

Businesses scramble after Houston scraps recycling

Program quietly ends as city focuses on residential services

ICE controversies testing Whitmire

Mayor says politics not a factor in decisions, but shifting responses may split his support

Calls grow to remove ICE from city

Speakers implore council to remove agents, stand up to federal officials

HPD can probe ICE shooting, but feds in control

Experts: Cooperation necessary to obtain evidence to build case

City OKs plan with new fee for trash

Department spending to rise only modestly

Analysis says HFD short on stations, people

Higher demand has department falling short of standards

Houston lags behind Texas peers in recycling

Funding change on dumping draws concerns

Residents want city to be more aggressive in cleaning up illegal piles

Longtime activist helped lead fight against Houston zoning

Expanding horizons in Sunnyside

New 100-acre park marks major investment in long-neglected area

Ushering in a new era of politics

Younger, progressive Plummer shocks Parker in Dem judge race

Menefee defeats Green in primary runoff

Redrawn District 18 race closely watched

Fort Bend becomes vital in Dems’ runoff

Menefee, Green bring differing styles to race for historic 18th District

Plan’s effect on utilities raises concerns

Critics say budget proposal could put systems at risk

Review: Sewer repair progress murky

Five years into a federal mandate, projects appear delayed, incomplete

City targeting unsafe apartments

Council approves ordinance creating ‘high-risk’ complex inspection program

Mayor proposes ICE policy changes

Legal expert says adjustments would make city's new ordinance 'almost meaningless'

Council considers expanding AI traffic signals

Devices are designed to ease congestion and improve safety

Acres Homes fights to maintain identity

As it celebrates 44 Day, rapid change tugs at historic place that has long emphasized the ‘neighbor’ in ‘neighborhood’

Firefighters win contract dispute