The brewing war over redistricting is underscoring the increasing importance of state legislatures heading into the midterms. Texas Republicans unveiled a new set of proposed House lines on Wednesday, ...

The District 18 seat is open after the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner. It may be a low turnout election on Nov. 4.

M arvalette Hunter, the late former Mayor Sylvester Turner 's chief of staff, announced Thursday she would be running as a ...

Rather than hold a special election early to make sure voters in the 18th Congressional District had a representative, Gov. Greg Abbott opted to set the special election for November.

Sylvester Turner led battles against electricity and gas companies. He never won, but he didn’t give up trying.

Houstonians bid their final goodbyes to former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at his funeral Saturday at the Church Without Walls in west Houston.

HOUSTON — Houstonians gathered Saturday to bid a final farewell to Sylvester Turner, the beloved former mayor and congressman whose leadership and unwavering dedication shaped the city for ...

The funeral service capped a week of emotional events to honor Turner, who died at age 70 on March 5 in Washington, D.C.

Mourners filed into Houston's Church Without Walls Saturday — some wearing black, others in vivid shades of blue — to honor former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at his funeral, as a ...

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner listens to the national anthem Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at the Freedom Over Texas festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston. The festival will be Turner’s last as ...