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Over a thousand people jammed the Wortham Theater downtown for the public inauguration of new Houston Mayor Annise Parker and other elected officials. In her speech, Parker outlined the challenges for Houston. Pat Hernandez has more. |
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Mayor Parker Says Budget, Infrastructure, and New Police Chief Are Top Priorities A ceremonial inaguration will be held this morning for Houston's new mayor. Annise Parker officially took the oath of office over the weekend in a private ceremony. She chose to do it that way, because the mayor is required to take office by January 2nd. And by holding the public inaguration on a workday, Parker was able to avoid racking up a huge amount of overtime for all those city employees, such as the police, that need to be on hand during such an event. KUHF's David Pitman visited with Mayor Parker while she was cleaning out her controller's office a few days ago, and she told David that her top priority will be to make sure the city can continue to provide essential services with less money to go around. |
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Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker announced her transition team today. Parker will ask the team to review operations in multiple city departments as she prepares to make staffing and budget decisions. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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METRO Chair Pledges Cooperation The political fall-out continues as Houston prepares for a new mayoral administration. Rumors were circulating that METRO chairman David Wolff submitted his resignation. Wolff says that's not true — but he does plan to resign in the next couple months. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Mayor-Elect: Top Cop on Thin Ice Big changes are coming to the Houston Police Department if Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker has her way. Since the election on Saturday, Parker has made it clear she plans to change how HPD does business, including getting rid of Police Chief Harold Hurtt in a move she says is necessary. Jack Williams reports. |
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Mayor-Elect Parker Ready for a Challenge After nearly a year on the campaign trail, Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker says she'll take the next few days to assemble a transition team as she prepares to move into the mayor's office. As Jack Williams reports, Parker says her number one priority will be to figure out how to provide basic city services and the same or less money. |
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Tomorrow is Election Day for Houston's run-off races — including Houston mayor and controller along with several council positions. Registered voters have from 7 AM to 7 PM to cast a ballot. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Mayoral candidate Annise Parker has pulled ahead with a strong lead over her opponent Gene Locke. According to a KUHF-11 news survey Parker has a 13-point lead going into the election. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Khan Touts Engineering Background In Race For Controller As part of our coverage leading up to the December 12th runoff election in Houston, KUHF's David Pitman is talking with the candidates for mayor and city controller. Today, he sits down with City Councilman M.J. Khan, who's running for controller. Khan explains how his engineering background will help him find "efficiencies" in the budget, should he defeat his challenger, City Councilman Ronald Green. |
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Green Pledges To Find 'Efficiencies' As Houston's CFO As the weekend runoff election approaches, KUHF is talking with the candidates for Houston mayor and controller. Today, David Pitman chats with City Councilman Ronald Green, one of two candidates in the race for the controller's office. Green is going against City Councilman M.J. Khan in Saturday's runoff. |
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Early Voting for Run-Off Wraps Up Early voting for Houston's weekend runoff election will wrap up in a few hours. So far, the early vote totals for 'this' go-round have outpaced the early vote totals in the November 3rd election. David Pitman reports. |
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Parker Calls For More Cooperation To Enhance Public Safety In Houston As part of our coverage of the upcoming runoff election, KUHF's David Pitman is talking with the two candidates for mayor, and the two candidates for Houston City Controller. Today, David sits down with Controller Annise Parker, who is facing former City Attorney Gene Locke in the December 12th runoff. |
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Early Voting Location Vandalized Officials with the Harris County Clerk's Office say they don't think burglars who hit an early voting location over the weekend were trying to tamper with the outcome of the city's run-off elections. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Locke Touts Public Safety Plan As Mayoral Runoff Approaches As part of our coverage of the upcoming runoff election, KUHF's David Pitman is talking with the two candidates for mayor, and the two candidates for Houston City Controller. Today, David sits down with former City Attorney Gene Locke, who is facing Controller Annise Parker in the December 12th runoff. |
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Mayoral Candidates Square-Off in Last Debate With less than a week until Election Day in the city of Houston's run-off races, the candidates for mayor squared-off one last time yesterday. The KUHF-11 News-Houston Chronicle Debate featured tough questions and one of the last chances for candidates Gene Locke and Annise Parker to make an impression on voters. Jack Williams reports. |
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It’s Official: White Will Run For Gov He's finally made it official. |
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Carving Out Votes in Unlikely Places Election Day for Houston's run-off is just over a week away. The battle between Annise Parker and Gene Locke will be hard fought over the next few days — with each candidate working to eke out votes outside their group of core supporters. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Counting Votes Before Election Day The run-off for City Controller is underway with Councilmembers Ron Green and MJ Khan racing to the finish line. As Laurie Johnson reports — both men are relying largely on reputation and personal outreach to win the election. |
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Higher Turnout Possible for Run-Off Early voting starts today for the Harris County run-off election. Several high profile races are on the ballot — which may drive even more voters to the polls than in the general election. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Generating Election Interest…When There Isn't Any Just three weeks before the runoff Election — Houston's candidates for mayor and city controller are in a statistical dead heat. Annise Parker leads Gene Locke by three percentage points in the KUHF-11 News survey. The candidates for controller are also in a three point divide. But what is unusual is that so late in the campaign season a large chunk of voters still don't know who they'll vote for. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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One week after losing the race for mayor in the general election — Councilmember Peter Brown is throwing his support behind Annise Parker. Brown announced his endorsement on the steps of city hall. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Voter turnout for yesterday's election was predictably low with about 20 percent of registered Houstonians bothering to vote. Bill Stamps reports — a good number of people who did head to the polls found themselves at the wrong location. |
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Houston City Council will look a lot different in the next couple of months. At least five new councilmembers will sit around the table, along with a new mayor. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Election Day is over but Annise Parker and Gene Locke aren't done campaigning. The two leading mayoral candidates will go head to head in a run-off election on December twelfth. Laurie Johnson reports on what's in store on the mayoral campaign trail. |
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Brown: Not a Speech I Wanted to Give Architect and urban planner Peter Brown easily outspent his opponents in the race for mayor of Houston. But after the votes were counted last night, it was Brown who failed to make the run-off. He urged his supporters to stay involved in the process. Pat Hernandez has more. |
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Green and Khan in Controller Run-off The race for city controller is another contest that will require a runoff. For most of the night it was Ron Green and Pam Holm in the lead. But by the end of the night, MJ Khan snuck his way into second place. Bill Stamps has more. |
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Locke Sets His Sight on Run-off Former city attorney Gene Locke is gearing up for the run-off, saying he's going to stay focused on the issues. Ed Mayberry reports. |
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Top candidate in Houston Mayor Race credits strong grassroots support There's going to be a runoff for Houston mayor, with city controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke. Parker got nearly 31 percent of the vote, with Locke getting 25 percent. Gail Delaughter leads off our election coverage. |
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Controller hopefuls say they're ready for Election Day The three candidates in line to be the City of Houston's next Controller say they're ready for today and hope voters do their part at the polls. As Jack Williams reports, the hopefuls, all current members of city council, say it's time to sit back and hope for the best. |
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The Eve before the Political Storm It's the day before the decision. All four candidates vying to be the next mayor of Houston feel confident of their chances of succeeding Bill White. They are also realists. They all know that no one will come out the clear winner. Next month, voters will more than likely decide between the top two finishers in the general election. Pat Hernandez has more. |
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Election Day is tomorrow. Races for Houston mayor - city controller and a number of council positions are on the ballot. Voters will also decide the outcome of several statewide propositions. Laurie Johnson has more on what to expect at the polls. |
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Where Are the Fireworks in the Houston Mayoral Race? As part of KUHF's continuing coverage of the race for Houston's next mayor, David Pitman talks with UH Political Science Professor Dr. Richard Murray about why the race has been so low-key, and what's behind the four major candidates waiting until the week before the Nov. 3 election to take the gloves off. |
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KUHF Candidate Conversations: Annise Parker As part of our Election '09 coverage, KUHF is talking to each of the four major candidates to be Houston's next mayor. Here's David Pitman's interview with Houston City Controller Annise Parker. |
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Mayoral Election Rests on Image vs Issues With early voting wrapping up and Election Day less than a week away — it's decision time for Houston voters. But Houston's top three mayoral candidates sound a lot alike — at least when it comes to the issues. Which is why according to the KUHF-11 News survey — many people heading to the polls will probably make their choice for mayor based on something as simple as image. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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KUHF Candidate Conversations: Roy Morales As part of our Election '09 coverage, KUHF is talking to each of the four major candidates to be Houston's next mayor. Here's David Pitman's interview with Harris County Department of Education Trustee Roy Morales. |
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Houstonians Balk at Possible Taxes Houston's next mayor and city council will likely have to make some tough decisions when it comes to the budget and finances. A KUHF-11 News survey shows how and where voters want their tax dollars put to work. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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KUHF Candidate Conversations: Gene Locke As part of our Election '09 coverage, KUHF is talking to each of the four major candidates to be Houston's next mayor. Here's David Pitman's interview with former City Attorney Gene Locke. |
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There's still a week left until Election Day but one thing is already clear — two of the top three candidates for mayor will end up in a run-off election. A KUHF-11 News survey shows the race for the run-off is extremely close. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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KUHF Candidate Conversations: Peter Brown As part of our Election '09 coverage, KUHF is talking to each of the four major candidates to be Houston's next mayor. Here's David Pitman's interview with City Councilman Peter Brown. |
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Proposition 11 Could Add Teeth to Current Eminent Domain Laws Private property rights could get a big boost in Texas if voters approve a proposition that would add teeth to the state's current eminent domain laws. Proposition 11 amends the state constitution to include rules that limit the government's ability to condemn private property and then turn it over to private developers. Jack Williams reports. |
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If you want to get an early jump on the November third election, now is the time to do it. Early voting is underway in the Houston area. Election officials anticipate turnout to be brisk as a new Houston mayor will dominate local activity at the polls. Pat Hernandez has the story. |
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Tier One Status Could Have Big Economic Impact on Houston A proposed constitutional amendment goes before voters on November 3rd to establish a fund to help emerging research universities achieve more prominence. Seven public universities in Texas — including the University of Houston — are vying for "Tier One" status. University of Houston System Board of Regents Chairman Welcome Wilson, Senior has been working to explain proposition four, and spoke with Ed Mayberry. |
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Constitutional amendments and local races are on the ballot for the general election next month. Rod Rice reports that early voting for the November 3rd election begins on Monday. |
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Mayor White's Advice for New Mayor With less than a month to Election Day Houston Mayor Bill White has advice for the city's next mayor — keep tight reins on the budget. The mayor released his recommendations for the city's fiscal year 2011 - projecting little growth in Houston's revenue. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Prop 4 Could Pave Way for More Tier One Universities In about three weeks, voters in cities and towns across the state will weigh-in on various local races, things like mayor and city council seats. They'll also decide on a handful of constitutional amendments. One of them, proposition 4, would create a new fund that seven emerging research universities could use as a pathway to reach Tier One status. As Jack Williams reports, even without any real opponents, prop 4 still isn't a lock to pass. |
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Voter Registration Deadline is Monday Election Day is November 3rd and Houston will be electing a new mayor. Thirteen other jurisdictions in Harris County will hold elections too and there are 11 constitutional amendments on the ballot. But, as Rod Rice reports, if you're not registered, you can't vote. |
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Parties, Term Papers and Elections The November election will be here before you know it and the last day to register is October 5th. One group that traditionally doesn't vote in large numbers is students. The University of Houston is taking steps to change that. Bill Stamps has more. |
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Mayoral Candidates Square off at Forum In a few months, Houston voters will elect a new mayor. Today, the candidates took part in a downtown forum with the Women Professionals in Government. Bill Stamps was there and has this report. |
