AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... Dade Phelan said he was ending his bid to serve a ...

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DALLAS — Speaker Dustin Burrows has led the Texas House for three months now ... going to be a real conversation about are we going to keep it, and if we do, what changes need to be made ...