Friends and colleagues remember former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner as ‘a very fun-loving person’
Turner, the Houston Congressman who died last week at age 70, is lying in state at City Hall until 7 p.m. Tuesday. Those who knew him well described him as a hard worker who also “liked to have a good time.”
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner reflects on his time leading the city as he prepares to leave office
“The goal has been to build a stronger, more resilient, more sustainable setting so we've been successful at doing that,” said Turner. “Now, I'll never claim mission accomplished because we still have a number of things we need to do. But, we are moving in the right direction, we are more prepared than when we started.”
Judge orders arbitration between Houston and its firefighters’ union
Mayor-elect John Whitmire pledged to drop the city’s remaining legal challenges against the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, raising hopes that an end to the years-long labor dispute may be nearing its end.
Sylvester Turner’s plan to amend Houston’s airport concessions contracts criticized by Pappas Restaurants, mayoral hopeful John Whitmire
A proposed ordinance by Houston's outgoing mayor would require city council approval to terminate the existing concessions agreements at Hobby and Bush Intercontinental Airport as the city faces an ongoing lawsuit filed by a Pappas-led group, which was a longtime Hobby concessionaire that lost a competitive bid earlier this year.
Whitmire, Jackson Lee meet in one of final forums before Saturday’s mayoral runoff election
State Senator John Whitmire and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee tackled a range of quality-of-life issues Sunday at a forum at Ripley House in Houston’s East End.
United celebrates $2.6 billion redevelopment at Bush Airport, but Houston City Controller has yet to clear project for takeoff
Construction for the Terminal B expansion project will not start until the Houston City Council signs off on the city's initial contribution of $150 million, which it cannot do because outgoing city controller Chris Brown has not approved the funding. He says more due diligence is needed.
United celebrates $2.6 billion redevelopment at Bush Airport, but Houston City Controller has yet to clear project for takeoff
Construction for the Terminal B expansion project will not start until the Houston City Council signs off on the city's initial contribution of $150 million, which it cannot do because outgoing city controller Chris Brown has not approved the funding. He says more due diligence is needed.
Mayor Sylvester Turner calls John Whitmire’s diversity comment a “dog whistle” on his administration
In a recent mayoral debate, Sen. John Whitmire said though the city of Houston is the most diverse, city hall does not reflect that. Turner said the comment was "blatant misrepresentation."
Mayor Sylvester Turner gets relatively high marks from likely voters as he prepares to depart
The Houston Public Media/Houston Chronicle/UH Political Science and Population Health Poll found 49% of respondents held either a strongly favorable or somewhat favorable view of Turner’s time in office.
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