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

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows navigates bipartisan tightrope with the adoption of new rules governing committees in his ...

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

Democrats in the Texas House just helped elect a Republican Speaker, their leader says without any political horse-trading.

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

AUSTIN — The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban Democrats from holding powerful committee chairmanships, answering years of mounting pressure from leadership and grassroots conservatives ...