Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, elevating him to one of the most powerful ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Obviously, Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton would rather have somebody run the House for their own selfish benefit. That’s why ...

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The unusually public battle to helm the Texas House divided both Democratic and Republican lawmakers between Rep. Dustin ...

As the new House Speaker Rep. Burrows (R-Lubbock) will have a critical role in deciding the legislative priorities during the ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually ...

Will Texas House Republicans pay for supporting Dustin Burrows for speaker? Passage of conservative priorities could remove ...

Some supporters of Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement reacted with fury on Tuesday after Texas ...

The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Rep. Cody Harris filed a complaint against Texas GOP Chair Abraham George for sending mailers and censuring lawmakers who support Rep. Dustin Burrows as House ...

Dustin Burrows for House speaker. Burrows, of Lubbock, and his main opponent in the race, fellow Republican Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, have been in an increasingly acrimonious political ...