The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other long sought conservative goals.

The Texas House will decide Thursday on its rules of engagement for the rest of the legislative session – a brisk battle over sensitive issues such as whether Democrats should lead committees, which ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

In the end, Rep. Burrows won. Texas won. The rule of law won. I am proud of the 36 Republican House members who stood up to tremendous pressure and voted for who they felt was best.

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

A key part is the requirement that the GOP House Caucus demanded. Committee Chairs are to be members from the majority party ...

Few things focus the mind of a politician, and political donors, more than a fundraising deadline. For three decades, a ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...