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

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.

On the first day of the 89th Legislature, a coalition of Republican and Democratic legislators elected GOP state Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker of the Texas House, capping off an extraordinarily ...

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.

Dustin Burrows as Texas House speaker with help from Democrats has ... Despite Burrows not being the choice of a majority of the House GOP caucus, Republicans are still counting on the passage of a ...

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...

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

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 ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to the state GOP and some grassroots activists who had demanded that the party's consensus candidate take the top spot.

Austin, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — "Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media ...