AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other ...

AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new ...

What a great flap we have over the Texas House Speaker position. As a life-long Republican, this is giving me second thoughts. Do we really want our elected representatives plotting (out in the ...

Phelan survived a bruising primary challenge earlier this year but dropped his bid to hold on ... in a recent social media post urging that “we need a Texas House Speaker chosen by a majority ...

This shocking betrayal led to his resignation as chair of the House GOP Caucus. Now, he's back, seeking the speaker's gavel, but his past actions show he can't be trusted. Burrows' bid for speaker ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The speaker of the Texas House has dropped efforts to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... said Friday he was ending his bid to serve another term as speaker ...