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Houston City Council. 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 and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
The Houston Forward Times, which began publication in 1960, [67] is the largest black-owned newspaper in the city. [68] The Houston Defender and the African-American News and Issues are other well established black-owned papers. The Texas Freeman was founded in 1893 and later merged to become The Houston Informer and Texas Freeman. [55]
Houston First Corporation. Houston First Corporation is a local government corporation that operates performing arts and convention facilities in Houston, the largest city in U.S. state of Texas. These venues include the George R. Brown Convention Center, Wortham Theater Center, Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, and the Miller Outdoor Theatre.
In 1977 the Houston City Council voted to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by renaming South Park Boulevard, [6] a major area thoroughfare, to Martin Luther King Boulevard. [7] The renaming was effective on April 5, 1978. [8] Shilcutt said that South Park was no longer considered a suburb by the late 1980s, and that crime became a major concern.
A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
Houston City Council member Letitia Plummer and Businessman Robert Slater are two of the six candidates now hoping to become the next leader of the 18th Congressional District.
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student ...
HOUSTON - Angered by Houston's continuing vulnerability to life-threatening storms, residents spoke out at City Hall against spending on non-essential "luxuries", like the $25 million currently ...