House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

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Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

Paxton’s latest tour is the continuation of his efforts in the past year to get political revenge on House Republicans who ...

Dallas County Republicans are threatening a censure against two members of the party if they do not support Rep. David Cook's ...

Dustin Burrows won the Texas House Speaker election with 51 Democratic votes and 34 Republicans, causing a rift within the ...

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Illinois counties are seeking to secede from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state, and Indiana has introduced a bill to create a boundary adjustment commission to consider the possibility ...

If Burrows becomes Speaker, Paxton and George warned any Republican who backs Burrows. "If they don't listen, we are going to come back and primary them next session and beat them," Paxton said.

The Harrison County Republican Party has unanimously passed a resolution supporting the legislative priority adopted by the ...

Aaron E. Martinez, Annie Rice USA TODAY NETWORK The next Texas House speaker will not be from Tarrant County. Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield Republican, lost with 55 votes to Rep. Dustin Burrows ...