The city of Houston is staring at a $100 million bill, while also staring at a deficit. Here’s how they might solve it
Houston’s top financial officer said before this decision, the city was already staring down a deficit that spans hundreds of ...
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Houston's top finance official says he may not certify city's next budget as deficit grows
After a lawsuit loss, the city must come up with an additional $100 million each year to spend on roads and drainage. The ...
Houston city controller proposes emergency task force for city budget crisis
"We are rapidly approaching a point where, without significant budget cuts or new revenue, certifying the budget may no ...
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Houston ordered to spend money it doesn't have on street, drainage improvements after losing lawsuit
Houston is going to run out of money within the next year -- that's the warning from the city controller. After losing a ...
'A real gut punch': Houston controller warns city budget crisis is worsening
Houston's budget crisis increased by $100 million after the Texas Supreme Court declined to intervene in six-year-long ...
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‘A real gut punch’ — Houston budget deficit balloons after court ruling on infrastructure spending
City officials are grappling with a $100 million price tag for required spending on streets and drainage. The city now faces ...
Why this busy downtown Houston street is being abandoned by the city
A busy street outside the George R. Brown Convention Center is about to be abandoned by the city. Polk Street near George R. Brown and across from The Rustic, a restaurant and music venue, will soon ...
How Houston’s annexation war reshaped its borders and changed urban expansion in Texas
How did Houston get so big? We take a look at the city's moves to annex more land and cities in the 1960s, an effort that ...
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Houston must allocate more money for drainage projects after Texas Supreme Court rejects appeal
The state's high court effectively upheld a 2024 appellate court ruling that found the city had been short-changing a special ...
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Who is Jamie Bryant? What we know about Houston Housing Authorities new President and CEO
Houston Housing Authority appoints a new CEO and President months after KPRC 2 exposed a series of questionable contracts and ...
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Houston required to allocate $100M to street, drainage projects
Houston has to consider cuts to essential services or find new sources of revenue after the Texas Supreme Court denied Houston’s motion to appeal a 2019 lawsuit, requiring the city to spend hundreds ...
Dallas restaurant group opens The Rustic in Houston’s Hobby Airport
The Rustic — a restaurant concept created by Dallas-based FreeRange Concepts and Texas country artist Pat Green — is now open at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. Houston-based LaTrelle’s Management ...