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

TEXAS, USA — Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected Texas House speaker Tuesday, shortly after the 89th Texas Legislative session started. Burrow was selected as the next Texas House Speaker ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...

We congratulate state Rep. Dustin Burrows on his election as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives on the first day of the 89th legislative session Tuesday in Austin. Burrows, a Lubbock ...

Burrows defeated Rep. David Cook with a coalition of Republican and Democratic votes. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power struggle within the Republican Party that came down to an extraordinary floor ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to the state GOP and some grassroots activists who had demanded that the party's consensus candidate take the top spot.

Austin, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — "Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media ...

It’s not just a critical role in the statehouse – it’s one of the most powerful positions in Texas politics. On Tuesday, after weeks of GOP infighting, Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock ...