Sylvester Turner served two terms as mayor before winning the 18th district congressional seat in Texas last November, which was once held by the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Turner's death came just months after he won Texas’ 18th Congressional District race. He served eight years as Houston's ...

Two months after being sworn into U.S. Congress, Rep. Sylvester Turner’s House seat will now be vacant after he passed away ...

News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly Wednesday as many fellow ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-staff following the death of U.S. Rep.

Political leaders, dignitaries and friends are among those remembering the Houston congressman who died in Washington, D.C.

"This comes as a shock to everyone. I'm going to ask Houstonians to come together. Pray for his family. Join us in celebrating this remarkable public servant," Houston Mayor John Whitmire said on ...

Hours before his death, U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner talks with Angela Hernandez, a local special needs mother, before President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4.

As the number of measles cases in Texas climbs, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo joined Mayor Whitmire and health officials to discuss the disease’s impact on the Greater Houston area and efforts to ...

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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and two former staffers will be reimbursed nearly $900,000 by the county for the legal fees they incurred during the roughly four-year-long bid-rigging case.

Harris County taxpayers will cover legal fees for County Judge Lina Hidalgo and several county staffers after prosecutors with the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) dropped pending felony ...