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 ...

Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and others ... s amendments were struck down by House Republicans. The Texas House rejected a bid by Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, to put the school ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After he was elected speaker of the ...

DALLAS — Speaker Dustin Burrows has led the Texas House for three months now ... going to be a real conversation about are we going to keep it, and if we do, what changes need to be made ...

“We can make him Speaker and then elect him President!” she wrote. Earlier today, Rep. Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, said he plans to nominate Trump for speaker. The speaker of the House does not ...

Hefner said that the list of countries currently includes Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) said he supports Hefner’s bills aimed at bolstering ...