The City of Houston is the nation’s fourth largest city and the largest in the southern U.S. and Texas. This newsroom website will be updated by various City of Houston departments to provide media with Houston facts, press releases, statements and other information. A fact sheet about Houston is available in the Mayor’s Office Newsroom.

To interview Houston Mayor Annise Parker, contact Communications Director Janice Evans or Press Secretary Jessica Michan.  The mayor's press conferences are available on the HTV Web site www.htvhouston.net.  For interviews with City of Houston department directors, contact the department directly and you will be transferred to the department’s public information officer (PIO). To submit a Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) request, reference this list of City of Houston PIOs to contact the appropriate person. Note: PIOs who handle TPIA requests may not handle media requests for some city departments.