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

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

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

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

The election of Rep. Dustin Burrows as Texas House speaker with help from Democrats has many Republicans crying foul.

The race pitted state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows against each other. Here’s how each representative voted.

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

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted as next Texas House Speaker after a runoff on Tuesday as the ...

Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes ...

The start of the legislative session on Tuesday should bring the resolution of a contentious battle for power in the Texas ...

The 89th Texas Legislature will convene Tuesday. Here are some of the members who will help shape state policies.