Annise Parker, a former three-term mayor, three-term city councilwoman and three-term city controller, will be the keynote speaker at Hello for Good’s fall symposium at The Davenport Grand Hotel, according to a release from the business consortium.

Houston Police Department cadets will get a salary increase from $42,000 to $52,000, plus a one-time $5,000 incentive.

Mayor Whitmire touted his efforts to address public safety, the foundation of his mayoral campaign. His first nine months in office have not been without controversy.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire talked about his eight months in office, including the city's response to the May derecho and Hurricane Beryl in early July.

In his first State of the City address on Tuesday, Mayor John Whitmire mostly stuck to the past, whether it be his accomplishments on his road to becoming Houston's mayor or the perceived failures of the past administration.

HOUSTON - Mayor John Whitmire insists Houston's legacy is "fixing" its problems and refusing, stubbornly, to let them fester. It was a message delivered at his first State of the City gathering and was followed by what sounded very much like a pledge to resist the option of raising property taxes.

In a broad-sweeping conversation at a packed ballroom at the downtown Hilton, Houston Mayor John Whitmire got personal, talking about his upbringing in rural Hillsboro, Texas, growing up without running water,