Despite a conservative push, Dustin Burrows was elected Speaker of the Texas House with support from Democrats and moderate ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

The Issue Is Trio was in Austin for the start of the session and sat down with representatives to talk about the future of ...

As it is done every session, the Texas House of Representatives must elect a Speaker “from its own members.” And it happened. As reported, there were three candidates vying to lead the lower ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

A life-size statue of Tom and Nadine Craddick was unveiled at Midland International Air and Space Port, celebrating their ...