Houston Council Members propose ordinance limiting HPD’s role in administrative ICE Warrants
| March 20, 2026
The proposal challenges current HPD procedures as city leaders debate how officers should handle administrative ICE warrants. Council Member Alejandra Salinas, joined by Council Member Abbie Kamin and several community leaders, introduced an ordinance that would clarify how Houston police handle administrative immigration warrants and limit when local officers would contact federal immigration authorities. The […]
Dallas City Council rejects $25M partnership with ICE
| November 19, 2025
The Dallas City Council has backed the police chief’s decision to reject an offer to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Nearly 350 Houston retirees still waiting on buyout payments
| September 9, 2025
Houston City Council member Edward Pollard is demanding accountability as nearly 350 of the 1,000 city workers who took early retirement buyouts are still waiting for their pension payments months after they were promised.
The buyout program, launched to help close a $330 million budget shortfall, offered lump-sum payouts of 25% of annual salary to eligible employees. The employees were promised the payments within 60 days of their May 1 retirement.
Pollard has expressed growing concern over the city's handling of the program, and wants a timeline from Mayor John Whitmire’s administration on when the retirees will be paid. He questioned the mayor during an Aug. 27 city council meeting.
Houston City Council wants public feedback. They got an earful.
| September 5, 2025
The Houston City Council is experimenting with evening sessions to make it easier for people to speak out at their meetings—and they did.
Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding
| August 12, 2025
City councils have cut funding for programs and policies that consider religion, race, gender, and other identity markers.