the first floor fight for the powerful speaker of the Texas house position since the 1970s after the 89th Texas Legislature was seated. The next speaker of the house will replace Dade Phelan ...

Texas state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the members after being named speaker of the house during opening day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session in Austin, Texas, Tuesday ...

TEXAS, USA — Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected Texas House speaker Tuesday, shortly after the 89th Texas Legislative session started. Burrow was selected as the next Texas House Speaker ...

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 ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to the state GOP and some grassroots activists who had demanded that the party's consensus candidate take the top spot.

Bush and Rick Perry, who wanted to keep the Texas House and its members as a third power center in Austin. On the other was a more radical faction backed by religiously conservative West Texas ...

The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

Last week’s election of state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, while maintaining a certain status quo, stands to be one of the most monumental in ...

Dustin Burrows on social media as the Lubbock Republican campaigned in a hotly contested race to become the next speaker of the Texas House, according to a data analysis prepared by a Republican ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives elected State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as Speaker of the House on Tuesday after two rounds of voting. Burrows' major contender ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, adjourns the House during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Juan Figueroa / Staff ...