AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s ...

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The Texas Legislature convenes for its 89th regular session at noon today, kicking off 140 days of wrangling over the ...

As the new House Speaker Rep. Burrows (R-Lubbock) will have a critical role in deciding the legislative priorities during the ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...

Texas House lawmakers elected state representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as speaker for the 89th Texas legislative ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clenched the speakership of the Texas House on Tuesday in the culmination of an ...

Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock will be the next Texas Speaker of the House. Here's how West Texans and others on social ...

This concludes a contentious fight over the speakership after Dade Phelan chose not to seek the speaker position again.

In a dramatic series of votes at the State Capitol, Dustin Burrows was elected as Speaker of the Texas House during the Texas ...