Houston Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg was honored by Houston City Council Tuesday after being awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Houston Mayor Annise Parker officially proclaimed June 2, 2015 as Lisa Falkenberg Day in a ceremony in council chambers.

The proclamation, in part, states that the "City of Houston commends and congratulates Lisa Falkenberg for her commitment to exposing problems in local public policies and systems in order to encourage improvements therein and extends best wishes on her future endeavors."

Falkenberg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a series of columns focusing primarily on the case of Alfred Dewayne Brown who was wrongfully convicted of capital murder in the death of a Houston police officer during a robbery.

The Pulitzer board cited Falkenberg's "vividly-written, groundbreaking columns about grand jury abuses that led to a wrongful conviction and other egregious problems in the legal and immigration systems."

A bill to change the way Texas selects its grand juries, spurred by Falkenberg's columns, passed the Legislature and awaits the signature of Gov. Greg Abbott.