The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other long sought conservative goals.

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

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.

Democrats in the Texas House just helped elect a Republican Speaker, their leader says without any political horse-trading.

The Texas House will decide Thursday on its rules of engagement for the rest of the legislative session – a brisk battle over sensitive issues such as whether Democrats should lead committees, which ...

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

A leader who learned to keep promises, a chance at chairing committees, and what they see as more chances for a fairer ...

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...