Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power ...

The way the Texas House and most other legislative bodies operate, members can't just get up on the chamber floor and start making a fuss over things they don't like. Instead, they follow a genteel ...

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

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

The bot accounts blasted Texas state Rep. Dustin Burrows as a “RINO,” “traitor,” and “Democrat shill,” and they promised GOP ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member chamber.

Texas House members elected Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows as the chamber's newest speaker Tuesday in a vote that ...

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin Burrows won the vote for House Speaker. But some of his opponents believe the ...

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 ...

Despite a conservative push, Dustin Burrows was elected Speaker of the Texas House with support from Democrats and moderate ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

He has covered state politics for 36 years, 27 of them as owner of the Quorum Report, a subscription-only website that trades ...