Houston City Controller Chris Hollins proposed renaming a stretch of Bagby Street to "Sylvester Turner Avenue" to honor the ...

(Douglas Sweet Jr. For The Texas Tribune, Douglas Sweet Jr. For The Texas Tribune) HOUSTON, Texas – “Don’t mess with Medicaid” were the final words many surrounding the former Mayor of ...

Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for ... Turner also served as Houston's mayor from 2016 until 2024. The city of Houston confirmed his death and Mayor John Whitmire ...

City Controller Chris Hollins wants to rename a portion of the downtown thoroughfare after late Congressman and former ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire said he wants Houston to be the first major city in the United States to end street homelessness by moving all individuals who live outdoors into ...

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner has died at 70. The Houston native had served 27 years in the Texas Legislature and eight years as his home city's mayor. He became ...

Former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner on Tuesday became the third-ever person to lie in state at Houston City Hall. Turner, a regional political giant who served two terms as Houston’s ...

During Wednesday’s Houston City Council meeting, Mayor John Whitmire announced Turner’s death ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant.

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at 70 years old just two months after taking office Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an ...

Houston's former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner, passed away at 70 years old, Mayor John Whitmire announced during a council meeting on Wednesday. Whitmire told the council that Turner was in ...

U.S. Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has passed away at the age of 70, succumbing to ongoing health complications. Turner died at his home at 5:45 a.m. following his ...