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

The latest Texas House of Representatives news from The Texas Tribune. By James Barragán Jan. 23, 2025 Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a ...

By State Rep. Mitch Little It’s a tense time to be in the Texas House. The first two weeks of the legislative session have ...

Amazon Fire or Apple TV device to watch live coverage of the Texas House Speaker discussion and vote at noon Tuesday. In 2009, 11 Texas House Republicans gathered at a lawmaker’s West Austin ...

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General ...

AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after defeating David Cook, R-Mansfield in what split the GOP. He told ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the Texas House as the new speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Juan Figueroa ...

(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) In 2009, 11 Texas House Republicans gathered at a lawmaker’s West Austin home and plotted the ouster of then-Speaker Tom Craddick. Told from the perspective ...