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City of Houston, retirement payout option

City of Houston offers retirement incentives to eligible employees

Houston is offering voluntary buyouts to retirement-eligible employees to tackle budget challenges while avoiding layoffs.

Houston Public Media · 23h

Houston Mayor John Whitmire offers voluntary retirement to 2,700 city workers amid budget crunch

The retirement incentive comes on the heels of a hiring freeze. The city faces a more than $330 million projected budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year.

FOX 26 Houston on MSN · 14h

City of Houston offering retirement payout to eligible employees

Mayor John Whitmire says City of Houston employees should expect citywide restructuring and offered a one-time retirement payout option to eligible employees.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

Whitmire plans to provide voluntary retirement program to city employees as he looks for cost cuts

As Houston contends with a $320 million budget deficit heading into the new fiscal year, Mayor John Whitmire plans to offer municipal employees a retirement payout as officials look for ways to cut costs.

Houston Public Media · 9d

Houston Mayor John Whitmire plans hiring freeze as city faces more than $330 million budget deficit

Whitmire wants to implement a hiring freeze in the city government. As of September, the city had nearly 5,000 vacant positions.

Sylvester Turner, Houston and U.S. Rep

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City of Houston visits city to honor life of Rep. Sylvester Turner

As a drone smashed into the side of her apartment block early on Tuesday, Russia's full-scale offensive on Ukraine literally came home to Svetlana in a suburb southeast of Moscow. In her town of Ramenskoye, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of central Moscow, police had cordoned off an area where a drone hit.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 3d

Residents, elected officials honor former mayor, U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at Houston City Hall

Turner died Wednesday in his Washington, D.C., apartment. He was 70. On Tuesday, Houston City Hall welcomed Turner for a final time to honor that legacy.

KHOU-TV Houston on MSN · 2d

LIVE UPDATES | Final farewell for former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner

A funeral service will cap a week of emotional events to honor Turner, who died at age 70 on March 5 in Washington, D.C..

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Abandoned shopping carts are a persistent problem in Houston. Here's how the city wants to solve it.

Abandoned shopping carts continue to be a problem across Houston, with city leaders exploring new solutions to address the ...

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Houston's $70M plan aims to end street homelessness by 2026

Mayor Whitmire wants Houston to be the first major city in the U.S. to end street homelessness. Here's what the city is planning.

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Houston firefighting efforts stymied by water supply challenges as office building burned

A three-alarm fire devastated a Houston office building. It caused extensive damage and is at risk of further collapse.

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Houston is most expensive city in Texas for commuters, new study says

A new directive from Gov. Greg Abbott's office mandating that state employees return to in-person work full time could cost ...

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City of Houston hiring freeze takes effect amid $350M budget shortfall

In a continued effort to make the city more efficient, Mayor Whitmire has issued a citywide hiring freeze that took effect today. Only 10 positions are listed on the careers section of the city's ...

City of Houston halts most hiring as $350 million budget gap looms

Houston's hiring freeze is now in effect as the city battles a $350 million budget shortfall. Here's what it means for city ...

Which homebuilders own the most land in Houston?

A mix of developers and public entities controlling thousands of acres across the Houston area’s fast-growing counties.

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Houston's 10 best bartenders of 2025 serve cocktails with hospitality

Surely some of the credit for Houston’s thriving cocktail scene belongs to the talented bartenders who ply their trade at the ...

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