Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced a change to the city’s relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a Friday press conference. Under an executive ordinance, ICE will be contacted only for jail offenses, Whitmire said. He described the policy as a potential model for oth...
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire signs an executive order limiting when HPD contacts ICE. Here's what the new immigration enforcement policy means.
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HPD's interactions with ICE posed a political conundrum to Whitmire over the past year.
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Cesar Espinosa from the civil rights nonprofit FIEL Houston and immigration attorney Ruby Powers consider how the midterm election results might affect immigration policy and ICE enforcement in Houston and Texas as a whole....
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The mayor of Houston on Friday said the city would limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, heralding “a new model” of immigration enforcement after Democrats won power in Texas for the first time in decades. Mayor John Whitmire said the city would go after immigra...
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The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Voters across the Houston area delivered a sweeping rejection of school funding proposals Tuesday, defeating every school district bond and property tax increase measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. All six districts that sought voter approval for additional funding — Cypress-Fairbanks,...
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. on Friday to discuss a Houston Police Department policy change.
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As if The Houstonian Hotel could get any more elegant and luxurious, it has officially debuted the new “it” address and place for entertaining in Houston. The hotel’s Grande Terrace has officially opened, and let us be the first to tell you — it is as grand as it is magnificent. ...
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Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, was arrested at a senior living facility in Lakeland, Florida near Tampa on Friday and charged with one count of possession of child pornography....
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The man accused of intentionally driving an 18-wheeler into a Brenham Texas Department of Public Safety office in 2024, killing two people, has been sentenced after agreeing to a plea deal....
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Associations that represent the oil and gas industry are calling on Jon Rosenthal, the first Democrat on the commission in three decades, to govern fairly and predictably....
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Travelers flying out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport could soon see several changes designed to make getting to and through Houston’s airports easier. Houston Airports announced six improvement projects focused on upgrading technology, expandi...
