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

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows navigates bipartisan tightrope with the adoption of new rules governing committees in his ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other ...

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...