Abby Church is a City Hall reporter at the Houston Chronicle. She specializes in covering elections, government, and public policy, with a keen focus on environmental services and sustainability issues. Abby's work has been featured in various outlets including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Seattle Times, and Yahoo News, among others.
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Abby Church's coverage predominantly focuses on local government and politics, with a specific emphasis on the Houston area and Fort Worth. She also covers evolving stories, legal policy regulation, and government announcements.
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By: Abby Church
Mayor John Whitmire last week chided Houstonians who had shown up to speak out against this month's fatal ICE shooting for "bad behavior."
By: Abby Church
Houston police officers detained two public speakers and briefly cleared the city council chamber on Tuesday, a week after Mayor John Whitmire
By: Abby Church
Houston City Council voted to end limits on campaign loan repayments, benefiting self-funded candidates who loan large amounts to their own campaign accounts.
By: Abby Church
A similar protest in Minneapolis drew thousands of protestors and contributed to the end of a large ICE operation in that city earlier this year.
By: Abby Church
David helped lead numerous initiatives at the mayor's office, including helping close a $180 million budget gap by implementing Houston's first garbage fee.
By: Abby Church
Mayor John Whitmire campaigned on rooting out waste and corruption at City Hall but has not reformed Houston’s ethics policies despite pressure from council members.
By: Abby Church
A white couple from Spring sued the city in 2023, alleging their lawn care business, Landscape Consultants of Texas, Inc., could not “compete on an equal footing with other businesses.”
By: Abby Church
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled Houston's minority business contracting program unconstitutional, saying the city could no longer consider race in awarding contracts. Here's what to know.
By: Ryan Nickerson, Abby Church, Sam Kelly, John Lomax V
We asked local politicians, including Mayor John Whitmire, for their take on the Houston minority business contracting program that was recently ruled unconstitutional. Here's what they said.
By: Abby Church
A white couple from Spring sued the city in 2023, alleging their lawn care business, Landscape Consultants of Texas, Inc., could not "compete on an equal footing with other businesses."
