President Donald Trump warned Republicans on Wednesday that failure to pass his massive tax and immigration package would be “ultimate betrayal.” In a statement, the White House said the bill ...

Speaker of the House Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) reads off House committee assignments on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Texas Capitol at Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, shakes hands with state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, after winning the vote for the next House speaker on the first day of the 2025 Texas Legislature in ...

AUSTIN, Texas--The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and some Democrats who supported the winner. After he was elected ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, shakes hands with state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, after winning the vote for the next House speaker on the first day of the 2025 Texas Legislature in ...

AUSTIN — Nominated by a longtime Fort Worth lawmaker, Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock was elected the 77th Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday in one of the most ...

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General K… ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, adjourns the Texas House after being elected speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

On one side were the old-line, business-oriented Texas Republicans, in the mold of former governors such as George W. Bush and Rick Perry, who wanted to keep the Texas House and its members as a ...

After a Republican Texas House member said a new GOP candidate for speaker is needed to break what he called a stalemate, neither lawmaker currently seeking to lead the lower chamber when the ...