The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

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

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...

On the first day of the 89th Legislature, a coalition of Republican and Democratic legislators elected GOP state Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker of the Texas House, capping off an extraordinarily ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of ... ousted more than a dozen GOP members in last year’s primaries who were aligned with Burrows and his predecessor, Rep. Dade Phelan of ...

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.

Dustin Burrows as Texas House speaker with help from Democrats has ... Despite Burrows not being the choice of a majority of the House GOP caucus, Republicans are still counting on the passage of a ...

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 ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Speaker Dustin Burrows spoke to KCBD NewsChannel 11’s Kase Wilbanks Thursday about his election to ...

Austin, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — "Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media ...