New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...
House on Thursday voted to ban members of the minority party from leading committees, achieving a major goal for conservative ...
These people normally don’t support state funds going to special interest groups, but they do in this case. Vouchers are also ...
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.
A key part is the requirement that the GOP House Caucus demanded. Committee Chairs are to be members from the majority party ...
While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.
Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...
Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars to create a school voucher-like program, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure, and continue the border crackdown.
In the end, Rep. Burrows won. Texas won. The rule of law won. I am proud of the 36 Republican House members who stood up to tremendous pressure and voted for who they felt was best.
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 ...
On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget.