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

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

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 ...

He told Republicans and Democrats in the House chamber, "I commit to you today every member, every member will have a voice ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually ...

Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

Farmers, ranchers, and agriculture organizations from all corners of Texas and across the U.S. pleaded with federal lawmakers ...

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

The 89th Texas Legislature will convene Tuesday. Here are some of the members who will help shape state policies.

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