Texas congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner dies

Then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner describes his bout with cancer in an interview at City Hall in Houston on Nov. 15, 2022. {Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune)
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) -- U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner died Tuesday evening, according to two sources who had been notified of the news.The Houston Democrat was 70. He was two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by Turner’s political ally, former U.S. Re