House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the chamber after being sworn in on the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 14. Credit: Eddie Gaspar ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the Texas House speakership after two rounds of voting on Tuesday, the first day of the 89th Legislative Session.“I want to be very direct on one overriding ...

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In a significant shake-up within the Texas House, Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) has been elected as the new House Speaker, marking a deviation from the hard-right faction of the GOP. This ...

AUSTIN, Texas — House Speaker Dustin Burrows was elected speaker with the support of Democrats, who favored him over Mansfield Rep. David Cook. “Make sure that our speaker is selected by the caucus, ...

Surrounded by family, Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speaks to the Texas House as its new speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday ...

AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans.

In a significant political development in the Lone Star State, Republican Dustin Burrows of Lubbock secured the position of Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Gaining support from a ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, elevating him to one of the most powerful positions in state government. Burrows’ win marks a disappointing defeat for ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...

Every legislative session, the 150-member Texas House of Representatives votes on which of them will take on the role of House speaker. It’s not just a critical role in the statehouse – it’s one of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives has voted Rep. Dustin Burrows to be the newest House speaker on Tuesday after two rounds of voting. Rep. Burrows, R-Lubbock, beat out Rep. David Cook ...