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 ...

Legislators have several issues they want to tackle once the session starts Tuesday. As of Sunday night, 2,576 bills had already been filed – 1,818 in the House and 758 in the Senate. Even with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...