Appeals court overturns 2019 Prop B ruling, allowing firefighter pay parity measure

A pay parity measure for Houston firefighters is not unconstitutional after all, an appeals court says, though the city plans to seek another review in court.

In a 2-1 vote on July 29, the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston overturned a trial court’s 2019 ruling that Proposition B was unconstitutional. Proposition B, which voters passed in November 2018, aimed to establish pay parity between Houston police officers and firefighters. However, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner maintained that doing so…