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Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows won the powerful leadership role despite less-than-enthusiastic support from his fellow ...
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - Back in December, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ grasp on the speakership was, at best, tenuous. His main rival, Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, had already won the endorsement of ...
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the House at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN — Texas House Speaker ...
Five years ago, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ reputation sustained a major blow among his House colleagues. The Lubbock Republican resigned as chair of the House GOP Caucus after it was revealed that he ...
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speaks to his family on the opening day of the 89th Texas legislative session in Austin, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)(Stephen Spillman ...
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, Burrows ...
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows retained his position after a challenge from Rep. Brian Harrison. Harrison's resolution to remove Burrows, alleging violations of House rules and the Texas ...
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - Back in December, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ grasp on the speakership was, at best, tenuous. His main rival, Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, had already won the endorsement of ...
House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gavels out the 89th Texas Legislature sine die at the Texas Capitol on Monday, June 2, 2025. (Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune) ...
Back in December, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ grasp on the speakership was, at best, tenuous. His main rival, Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, had already won the endorsement of the House Republican ...
The so-called Big Three — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows — at a bill signing on May 14, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ...