The unusually public battle to helm the Texas House divided both Democratic and Republican lawmakers between Rep. Dustin ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member ...

AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s ...

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

Burrows, and his Republican supporters, voted for some of the most conservative bills ever passed by the Texas legislature, ...

The 89th Texas Legislative Session is now underway. With new leadership roles in place, lawmakers are focusing on which bills ...

The 119th Congress officially kicked off on January 3rd with 21 women being sworn in for the first time. Here are some of the ...

State Representative Daniel Alders (R-Tyler) fills in the seat left by retired former State Representative Matt Schaefer.

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the ...

Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center ...