Texas State Bar drops lawsuit over Attorney General Ken Paxton's 2020 election challenge
The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...
GOP pushes for penalties after Burrows wins Speaker race: ‘We’re going to keep our word’
A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...
Relations between leaders of the Texas Senate and House are already off to a rocky start
AUSTIN – Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ...
Here's how Texas House Democrats became the kingmakers in the race for speaker
Republican officeholders and GOP grassroots activists learn difficult lesson about meddling in the affairs of the Texas House ...
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Christian extremists turned Texas’ vote for House speaker into a far-right rally
David Cook, the candidate backed by Paxton and the more conservative of the two Republican sects, lost to a less Trumpy (albeit still conservative) opponent, Rep. Dustin Burrows, who received ...
Texas House speaker election of Rep. Dustin Burrows could test voters’ values
Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...