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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... Dade Phelan said he was ending his bid to serve a ...
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A group of insurgent Texas House Republicans has declared ... Long-simmering tensions between the conservative bloc of lawmakers and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, exploded Friday ...
EL PASO – A federal judge denied Republican Texas House Speaker Dad Phelan’s motion for protective order and to quash subpoenas in a lawsuit in which civil rights groups allege Texas lawmakers diluted ...