Hundreds of Houstonians, celebrities, politicians, friends and family gathered to bid farewell to the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee during Houston's week of remembrances. Jackson Lee ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, who served Houston's 18th congressional district as U.S. Representative for nearly 30 years, has died at age 74, according to a statement released Friday evening by her family.

Batina "Tina" Smith takes video as she pays respect to the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the rotunda of Houston City Hall Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. Jackson Lee died on July 19 ...

President Joe Biden paid his final respects to Jackson Lee in Houston on Monday night. Here are photos of notable guests who attended the funeral and memorial services, from Houston Chronicle ...

HOUSTON – Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday eulogized longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a "force of nature" as memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker drew to a close.

United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who represented her Houston district in Congress for nearly 30 years, during which time she led the effort to make Juneteenth a federal ...

He recalled her passing at a hospital in Houston, where he told Jackson Lee “you were a good mom” right before she died. “Her greatness, for everything else that it was, it was in her love ...

Former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has won the Democratic nomination to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), making Turner her likely successor next year in the heavily Democratic ...

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner and the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee — colleagues, friends and proud Houstonians — often spoke of a shared goal to serve the city they ...

Turner, who served two terms as Houston's mayor, died March 5 just two months after stepping into the job held for nearly 30 years by U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. She died in July from pancreatic ...