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Official Tweets from the @HoustonTX Mayor’s Office. News and information from Mayor John Whitmire’s administration and communications team.
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Mar 2, 2021
    .@HarrisCoJudge Hidalgo & I urged ⁦@GovAbbott⁩ to keep the mask mandate in place prior to this afternoon's announcement. Wearing masks keeps our businesses and schools safely open, decreases community spread of the virus and saves lives. #WearAMask #MaskUpHou
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Mar 20, 2020
    The city is not shutting down. I know there are rumors online, but the city is not shutting down. --Mayor Turner
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Mar 16, 2020
    Starting tomorrow at 8am: 1. Restaurants may only offer delivery, take out or drive thru options 2. Bars, nightclubs are closed #COVID19
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    Mar 2, 2021
    Unless the governor is trying to deflect from the embarrassing failure of the electrical grid, his decision to open the state 100% and revoke the mask mandate does not make sense.
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Mar 24, 2020
    🚨 Stay home, work safe order issued for Harris County. This means we should all stay home unless our jobs are essential. 🚨
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Jul 8, 2020
    🚨 I have asked Houston First to cancel the Texas GOP convention. At 3pm, Houston First sent a letter to the GOP that they are canceling the event. 🚨
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    Jun 19, 2020
    🚨 Businesses in Harris County, including the city of Houston, must require employees and customers over the age of 10 to wear a face covering in an effort to slow the spread of #COVID19.
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    Jul 6, 2025
    Statement from the Mayor’s Office “The comments shared on social media are deeply inappropriate and have no place in a decent society, especially as families grieve the confirmed deaths and the ongoing search for the missing. 🧵
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    Apr 27, 2020
    I understand people want to open up closed-down businesses, but what drives me as mayor of the City of Houston is that #COVID19 cases are concentrated in at-risk neighborhoods like the one I grew up in. This is personal for me. Do not gloss over it like it's not important.
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    Jul 12, 2024
    (1/2) Mayor Whitmire has spoken with CenterPoint’s CEO & made it clear that the energy company needs to do a better job restoring power and communicating with the hundreds of thousands of customers who lost electricity due to the widespread power outage caused by #HurricaneBeryl
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Jul 6, 2020
    🚨 We are sending a letter to the executive director of the Texas GOP party to ask them to cancel this month's convention in Houston. I am asking them to have a virtual event. It is not a good idea to have an in-person event. 🚨
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    Houston Mayor's Office
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    Nov 28, 2022
    We believe the water is safe but based on regulatory requirements when pressure drops below 20 psi we are obligated to issue a boil water notice. The City is submitting its plan to TCEQ for approval tonight.
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    Mar 30, 2021
    For the first time since 1984, the @UHouston men’s basketball team is headed to the Final 4! 🎉 Congrats, Coogs! 🏀 #ForTheCity #MarchMadness 🐾🐾🐾🐾
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    Dec 22, 2020
    🚨 I'm pleased to announce that the Houston Spaceport will be the place where the world's *first* commercial space station will be built. 🚨