Frankie Crooks has roots in Courtland Church, a small 19th-century house of God set in the northeast Texas city of Atlanta. Her late father, a Baptist deacon, took the family to the church every ...

The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death left a vacancy in a stronghold for Democrats, who are ...

A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the ...

A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an ...

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

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

Houston City Controller Chris Hollins this week proposed two ways for the city to honor the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. and former Mayor Sylvester Turner, who died in early March at the age of 70.

Houston City Controller Chris Hollins called on city council members Wednesday to begin the process of renaming the downtown section of Bagby Street.

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

According to CBS Austin, Representative Gene Wu emotionally recalled Turner’s commitment to bridging gaps between diverse communities, stating, “Sylvester did not have to wait for me to finish ...

Sylvester Turner at his funeral Saturday at the Church ... and at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday and Friday. Ashley Turner Captain, Turner's daughter, said her father taught her how to speak ...