With a month until the deadline to approve a proposed $7 billion budget for the city, Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city council members asked a court to make a decision in a pivotal streets and drainage case by the end of the week. 

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City of Houston leaders acknowledge budget ‘cannot be finalized’ without court approval of drainage settlement

Mayor John Whitmire wants a court to approve a pivotal settlement in a streets and drainage funding case by Friday. The move comes as efforts to block the agreement ramp up.

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