A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s mayor in 2016 and 2020.

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor and Texas lawmaker, will lie in state in Houston and Austin ahead of a funeral service this week, officials announced. Arrangements come after ...

Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was ...

But perhaps no figure has been as associated with the failure to air condition Texas prisons than former State Sen. John ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston is remembering the late Sylvester Turner -- the former mayor of Houston who ... but out great state." ABC13's Chaz Miller asked some of the first ...

State legislators and friends of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner remembered the longtime Houston mayor as a devoted and impactful public servant as his body lies in the Texas Capitol this week.

Throughout her career, Carole Keeton – also known as Carole Keeton Strayhorn – served as mayor of Austin, Texas railroad ...

where Turner served two terms as mayor before being elected to Congress last November. The public is also invited to attend his funeral in Houston on Saturday. Location: Texas State Capitol ...

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s hearse arrives the House Chamber for a memorial service at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Turner will lie in state ...

During Turner's tenure as mayor, he led Houston through natural disasters ... where he will lie in honor at the Texas State Capitol from Thursday, March 13, at noon, through Friday, March 14 ...