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

The Issue Is Trio was in Austin for the start of the session and sat down with representatives to talk about the future of ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

DALLAS — The new leader of Democrats in the Texas House said he fully expects a Democratic committee chair now that Rep.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has long been a leading conservative voice in Texas. The stalwart Republican says he doesn’t yet know if ...

Republican officeholders and GOP grassroots activists learn difficult lesson about meddling in the affairs of the Texas House ...

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...

When Democratic lawmakers cast their votes for speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, the vast majority of them saw a clear ...

Texas House members voted Rep. Dustin Burrows, R - Lubbock, as the next Speaker of the House. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tigua ...

A Livingston man accused in the death of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham has pleaded guilty and accepted a life without parole ...

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