The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

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

The 89th Texas legislative session commenced today with a surprising turn of events as Republican Dustin Burrows from Lubbock ...

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

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot.

The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles’ first two NBA games since catastrophic ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, elevating him to one of the most powerful ...

The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually ...

Members of the 89th Texas legislature will be sworn in Tuesday, and will vote on leadership for the house and senate. But a ...

Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are.