House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

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.

After a year of Texas Democrats and Republicans using religious rhetoric to win elections, far-right lawmakers empowered by ...

Paxton’s latest tour is the continuation of his efforts in the past year to get political revenge on House Republicans who ...

The choice of speaker, made by all 150 members of the Texas House, will set the course of the 2025 legislative session and ...

A leader who learned to keep promises, a chance at chairing committees, and what they see as more chances for a fairer ...

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

Three Tarrant Democrats and three Republicans supported Dustin Burrows, while four Republicans stood behind David Cook.

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