AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In a rare move on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday morning, a Republican state lawmaker tried to remove the Republican House Speaker. House members ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has survived a coup from a member of his own party. Earning 141 votes in his support, State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, defeated a motion that would require ...