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Texas lawmakers are celebrating the end of their 140-day sprint this evening. It’s Sine Die under the dome in Austin, marking ...
AUSTIN _ For 140 days during the 89th Texas Legislature, 150 members state representatives and 31 senators took thousands of ...
State lawmakers passed a "record" public school funding bill last week, but San Antonio leaders say it's not nearly enough.
A 2024 war among Republicans tilted the House to the right. Now more closely aligned with the Senate, Speaker Dustin Burrows ...
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, holds a press conference in the Speaker's Committee Room saying he has the votes to become speaker of the House in the upcoming legislative session.
AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s 89th regular session began. Burrows’ selection as speaker came after ...
Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...
Texas State Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican, is vying for Texas Speaker of the House - another development in what has been his non-conventional rise to power in the state legislature.
AUSTIN — Rep. Dustin Burrows said Friday he will continue his quest to be the next Texas House speaker, confident his Republican supporters will withstand an aggressive pressure campaign to ...
Of Burrows' voters, 49 were Democratic representatives and 36 Republican, meaning he only secured the speakership with support from the opposition party. Newsweek contacted Representatives Dustin ...
In a stunning turn of events, state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock claimed Saturday evening that he had the necessary votes to become the next speaker of the Texas House. "The speaker's race is ...