All school classrooms will be required to display the Ten Commandments if some Texas lawmakers have their way.

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the Texas House as the new speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Juan Figueroa ...

David Cook was the Republican caucus choice for speaker, but Lubbock's Dustin Burrows, also a Republican, formed a bipartisan coalition that earned him the gavel in a runoff. He succeeds Dade ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speaks to his family on the opening day of the 89th Texas legislative session in Austin, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)(Stephen Spillman ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted as next Texas House Speaker after a runoff on Tuesday as the 89th legislative session kicked off Tuesday. South Korean law enforcement officials enter ...

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 — Texas officials are reacting after state Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected as the House speaker following two rounds of voting Tuesday. Burrows (R-Lubbock) received 85 votes ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock. Dig Deeper:Who is Dustin Burrows? What you need to know about the new Texas House Speaker A member needed at least 76 votes to become speaker. In the final vote ...

State Representative Dustin Burrows has been elected as the next Speaker of the Texas House. Burrows defeated State Representative David Cook after a second round of voting by securing 85 votes made ...

Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP's emboldened right. Advertisement Article continues below ...