Whitmire said the planning department will propose a comprehensive set of amendments as early as December to improve the city’s sidewalk ordinance.
Hanna Holthaus
Hanna is the City Hall reporter at the Houston Landing. Previously, she reported at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville on local government and independent authorities. Prior to that, she worked on The Washington Post’s investigative team as a graduate reporter through American University, where she earned her Master's degree in Journalism and Public Affairs. She previously interned at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She graduated with a degree in Global Journalism and Spanish from Webster University.
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Whitmire, city workers union reach tentative agreement on 12 percent raises over three years
The contract would raise minimum pay each year and increase base wages for all eligible employees by 3.5 percent in the second and third years.
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Houston City Council again postpones vote to drop ‘sidewalk to nowhere’ requirement
Two of council members pushing to change the ordinance say they would be open to keeping the sidewalk requirement but lowering the fee for builders.
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Houston council members want to eliminate ‘sidewalks to nowhere’ requirement and fee
A trio of council members wants the city to scrap a requirement that developers or property owners put in sidewalks when building a new house.
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Harris County boosts tax rate. Will Houston follow suit to shore up deficit, disaster costs?
The higher taxes could prompt some residents to look to the suburbs as the cost of living goes up, a University of Houston economist said.