Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member ...

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

No GOP strongholds are projected to lose seats. Florida and Texas are projected to pick up four seats each. Arizona, Idaho, ...

Every two years all 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives meet in Austin to discuss, amend, and vote on hundreds of thousands of policies that will shape our state’s future.

Dustin Burrows or Rep. David Cook. Imagine the Texas House of Representatives as a conclave of cardinals, each with their own agendas, alliances and ambitions. The selection of the Speaker of the ...

Tomorrow marks the start of the 89th Texas legislative session, and after a decisive election season there is a lot of ...

Lubbock republican Dustin Burrows was elected speaker of the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday. Here’s a timeline of ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The start of the legislative session on Tuesday should bring the resolution of a contentious battle for power in the Texas House of Representatives. Lawmakers in the chamber will ...

The Texas Legislature is made up of the House of Representatives, which has 150 members and is known as the lower chamber, and the Senate, which has 31 members and is known as the upper chamber.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The start of the legislative session on Tuesday should bring the resolution of a contentious battle for power in the Texas House of Representatives. Lawmakers in the chamber ...

Paxton is on a statewide tour, visiting Texas House districts where he says incumbent state representatives are undermining the Republican Party. According to Paxton, these lawmakers are striking ...