Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards on Wednesday joined former County Attorney Christian Menefee and former ...

Edwards unsuccessfully ran for the seat twice last year. She faced off against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 ...

The bar was set high by Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvester Turner, who carved out legacies of strong representation and ...

Residents observed a memorial at Houston City Hall, where Turner served as mayor for eight years before being elected to Congress in November. Houston Mayor John Whitmire made brief remarks to ...

The Houston City Hall rotunda is open to visitors until 7 p.m. Tuesday. After he's honored in Houston, Sylvester Turner will "lie in honor" at the State Capitol on Thursday and Friday.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire speaks about former Mayor Sylvester Turner outside Houston City Hall on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Turner died March 5 at age 70. "Serious" but also "fun." That's how ...

How to download. A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s 62nd mayor and served from 2016 to 2024.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire referred to former mayor Sylvester Turner as the "best he had to follow" as he welcomed those outside of City Hall Tuesday morning to pay their respects to the late ...

(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 ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Funeral arrangements have been made for former Houston mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. Turner died just two months after taking office in Congress and hours after attendi ...

HOUSTON — Public events and funeral arrangements for Congressman, former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner have been announced. According to his family, Congressman Turner, 70, attended President ...

Whitmire won applause from leaders ... Gazi and his board for joining the Houston Karachi Sister City Association and others for entertaining the mayor as a way to gain favorable press and ...