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

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

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted speaker of the Texas House on ... party’s right wing who warned that the new speaker should be chosen by a majority of GOP votes. It’s unlikely that Republicans ...

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.

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

On Tuesday, after weeks of GOP infighting, Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the speakership. “The duty bestowed upon me ...

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

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

The Texas GOP has been divided since the state House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was acquitted in the Senate.

Texas House members elected Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows as the chamber's newest speaker Tuesday in a vote that ...

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