Gov. Greg Abbott has until the end of the day Friday to call a special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District to get ...

Republicans hold a tiny majority in the House, creating an incentive for Abbott to hold off on calling an election for Turner ...

Harris County Commissioners have opted to keep Christian Menefee as the county attorney until Gov. Greg Abbott calls an ...

Sylvester Turner at times said he dreamed of working in one of the buildings overlooking downtown. Now, one of those ...

The former Houston mayor’s funeral drew more than 1,000 mourners on Saturday, including 20 of his congressional colleagues ...

A Harris County building will bear the name of a Houston political icon who died earlier this month. The commissioners voted ...

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Sheila Jackson Lee advisor Isaiah Martin were the first to throw their ...

Mourners filed into Houston's Church Without Walls Saturday — some wearing black, others in vivid shades of blue — to honor ...

On Saturday, late Houston mayor and congressman Sylvester Turner was laid to rest during services at the Church Without Walls ...

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

Commissioners voted unanimously on March 27 to rename the downtown Houston building, Lamar Plaza, after the late U.S.

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