The City of Houston is set to vote on more trucks for solid waste as well more contractors to help pick it up.

Chief Noe Diaz’s executive team has seen a shuffling in recent weeks in the divisions overseeing the new records system.

From housewife and mother of three to mayor of the second-largest city in Miami-Dade County—Jacqueline Garcia-Roves made that leap in just six years.

Bob Filner, the indefatigable politician who served as a member of congress and then mayor of San Diego before accusations of ...