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City officials are grappling with a $100 million price tag for required spending on streets and drainage. The city now faces ...

"We are rapidly approaching a point where, without significant budget cuts or new revenue, certifying the budget may no ...

After a lawsuit loss, the city must come up with an additional $100 million each year to spend on roads and drainage. The ...

The city of Houston may be in a financial bind by June if something doesn't change. Recently, the city controller, Chris Hollins, sounded the alarm about the city's financial future. He said that the ...

The city of Houston may be in a financial bind by June if something doesn’t change. Recently, the city controller, Chris ...

Houston's budget crisis increased by $100 million after the Texas Supreme Court declined to intervene in six-year-long ...

A recent Texas Supreme Court decision will force the city to increase the amount of property tax revenue allocated to a ...

A defeat in court means Houston must spend $100 million on drainage projects, adding to the city's growing budget deficit.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Opera tenor Christopher Macchio will sing the national anthem at the President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration before a much smaller crowd than he was expecting ...