Travelers taking certain United Airlines flights in and out of Bush Intercontinental Airport will now pass through a terminal named after the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/airports/2025/04/17/519107/late-houston-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-to-be-namesake-of-bush-airport-terminal/

#Airports #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #BushIntercontinentalAirport #HoustonCityCouncil #SheilaJacksonLee #TerminalEOfTheGeorgeBushIntercontinentalAirport #USRepSheilaJacksonLee

A segment of Bagby Street that runs past City Hall in downtown Houston could be renamed after the late Congressman and former mayor Sylvester Turner, if a proposal from City Controller Chris Hollins gains traction. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/03/24/516802/sylvester-turner-avenue-houston-controller-proposes-renaming-bagby-street-after-late-former-mayor/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #BagbyStreet #CityControllerChrisHollins #CongressmanSylvesterTurner #FormerMayorSylvesterTurner #HoustonCityHall #SheilaJacksonLee

I'm proud to support #AmandaEdwards to be my next Congresswoman.

#TX18 has had amazing congresswomen representing us in #Washington. Women whose names are recognized both nationally, and internationally. #BarbaraJordan. #SheilaJacksonLee. Women who were /in/ the #community, and /of/ the community.

Those boots will be a challenge to fill. Amanda is up to the challenge. Whether serving in an elected position on the Houston City Council, or simply as a member of the community, If you or someone you know needs access to resources, Amanda is always an email or phone call away.

This is the kind of #representation we deserve.

When a friend of mine came off papers after a #felony conviction, and was struggling to find work, I sent an email to Amanda asking about resources. Because, although I've lived in the #Houston metro area for over thirty years, I've only lived in actual Houston for the last five. When my family was struggling, I looked to Harris County resources. Not only did Amanda reply to my ema, she gave me names and contact information for actual humans.

I'm not anyone particularly special... and that's kinda my point.

#Texes #Congress

Some burdens need to set down.

In November, #SylvesterTurner was chosen to represen #TX 18th District after #SheilaJacksonLee lost her battle with cancer (#FuckCancer) last summer.

There was only one Sheila, and there was also only one Sylvester Turner. Although his time in #Washington was short, his last official act would have made Sheila proud. He introduced one of his constituents who is being harmed by #DOGE and made it about her struggle.

He was working till the end. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked to return home to pass the torch to a younger, angrier, generation.

I say that because Sylvester Turner was never a quitter. He did understand, however, the importance of new ideas. As mayor Houston, he wanted to make the city safer by moving away from car-centric thinking.

Rest in power.

Sylvester Turner was born in 1954 and grew up in the Acres Homes area of northwest Houston. “Congressman Turner was the consummate public servant but to us, he was our beloved father, grandfather, sibling, and relative."

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/05/515359/from-acres-homes-to-d-c-sylvester-turners-life-legacy-in-houston/

#Houston #Local #News #Politics #HoustonMayor #JohnWhitmire #SheilaJacksonLee #SylvesterTurner

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is a real politician who fulfilled her mission. She’ll be missed.

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has simply gone too soon. There was much more she wanted to do. But, yet again, it seems too often the good die young.

#SheilaJacksonLee

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As a boomer this is just so awesome.

Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, was just sworn into office to finish her mother’s term, Click 2 Houston reports. Jackson Lee held her position in Congress for nearly three decades, from 1995 until her passing from pancreatic cancer in July 2024 at the age of 74.

Erica Lee Carter will fill Sheila Jackson Lee's remaining term in congress. Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will begin serving in 2025.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/11/05/504734/sylvester-turner-wins-full-district-18-term-sheila-jackson-lees-granddaughter-to-fill-rest-of-term/

#Election2024 #Elections #National #News #18thCongressionalDistrictRace #19thCongressionalDistrict #EricaLeeCarter #SheilaJacksonLee #SylvesterTurner

Erica Lee Carter, the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's daughter, announced Monday she will run to serve out the remainder of her mother's term in Congress.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2024/08/13/496390/u-s-rep-sheila-jackson-lees-daughter-erica-lee-carter-announces-bid-for-her-mothers-congressional-seat/

#Elections #Houston #Local #News #18thCongressionalDistrict #Congress #EricaLeeCarter #SheilaJacksonLee