Representatives voted unanimously Thursday morning to have Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner lie in state ...

Texas Rep. Gene Wu, who represents District 137 in the Houston area, served alongside Turner in the Texas House and counted ...

After a source told NewsNation that President Donald Trump would sign an executive order directing the Department of Education to wind itself down, the administration now says it needs more time to ...

The former Houston mayor and longtime state legislator left behind a final message for Trump: 'Don't mess with Medicaid' ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, 70, passed away early Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., following “enduring ...

A new Democratic lawmaker had a message for Donald Trump about cutting Medicaid for everyday Americans that he shared widely ...

Turner's unexpected passing comes months after the 70-year-old was elected to replace Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office in July.

The Texas Tribune’s James Barragán joins the Standard one last time to recap the week in Texas politics. All this, plus ...

The U.S. House Thursday voted 224-198 to censure Texas Rep. Al Green for shouting during President Donald Trump's speech to ...

Despite facing health complications recently, the death of U.S. Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner came as a shock to many.

Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), a freshman from Houston sworn into Congress just two months ago, has passed away at 70 years ...

Over 31 million Americans borrowed a collective $74 billion to pay for healthcare last year, a West Health-Gallup survey ...