A protest is planned ahead of Thursday night's Lockhart City Council meeting. Residents are frustrated with the city's ...

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 ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power ...

Lawmakers are back in Austin for the 89th Texas Legislature, and we see four key issues where they can make a big difference ...

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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — It is no secret most in the Texas Republican Party and state Republican leaders did not want Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, to win the election for Speaker of the House on ...

By Ja'han Jones Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives. But the story of the day, from my vantage point, was the scenes of ...

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, State Rep.

With barely an hour to go until the Legislature gavels ... any Member based on their vote in the Speaker election.” The next speaker of the Texas House will have to earn 76 votes in order ...

Oklahoma State is the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 Conference title in 2025, while Cowboy slugger Nolan Schubart is the Big 12 ...

“There’s a fight of how far to go ideologically and what ... representatives and tell them to vote for Cook. Last week, Paxton and Republican Party of Texas Chair Abraham George, went around ...