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Sylvester Turner (born September 27, 1954) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Turner was the 62nd mayor of Houston from 2016 to 2024 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 to 2016.
Amanda Edwards, former at-large Houston city councilor (2016–2020), candidate for this district in the 2024 regular election, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 [8] Sylvester Turner , former mayor of Houston (2016–2024) and nominee for this district in the general election (endorsed Lee Carter) [ 3 ]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
A 2020 investigation by the Houston Chronicle found that the school district's suspension rate increased dramatically during the first year of the takeover, and continued to increase to the point where students were suspended at a rate six times the average for Texas school districts. During the 2018-2019 school year, Beaumont ISD had a rate of ...
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the fourth largest school system in the United States with over 392 schools, 345,000 students and over 40,000 employees. [ citation needed ] Schools
On October 30, 2018, Buzbee announced he would be running in the 2019 Houston mayoral election, challenging incumbent Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on a platform of universal pre-K, infrastructure improvement, crime reduction, and expanding access to 5G broadband. [32] On October 17, Turner accused Buzbee's campaign of running a "deepfake ad ...
Previously known as the Houston School for Deaf Children, it was given its current name, after a deaf girl, in 1997. [15] The girl died of leukemia circa 1958; a former student of the school, she had been the first area deaf child to be mainstreamed into a public school, as she began attending one in Texas City in 1954.
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center is the headquarters of the Houston Independent School District. The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas. Aldine Independent School District; Alief Independent School District; Clear Creek Independent School District; Crosby Independent School District