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

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

TEXAS, USA — Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected Texas House speaker Tuesday, shortly after the 89th Texas Legislative session started. Burrow was selected as the next Texas House Speaker over Reps ...

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

Dustin Burrows ... which handles bills on taxes. Burrows also chaired the select committee that investigated the Uvalde school massacre that killed 19 students and two teachers in May 2022.

Dustin Burrows ... Abraham George agreed that Burrows and other Republicans will be judged based on the legislation they pass. “We are still expecting a school choice bill to pass.

DALLAS — The election of State Representative Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock ... He said the first bill filed will be school choice, as soon as Governor Greg Abbott puts it on the list of emergency ...

Burrows defeated Rep. David Cook with a coalition of Republican and Democratic votes. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give ...

Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House ... While promising to again push a bill to enact a school voucher plan that Democrats oppose, Patrick noted that most of the Senate's business ...

Some supporters of Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement reacted with fury on Tuesday after Texas Republican Dustin Burrows was ... new laws on school vouchers and the banning ...

The Texas House elected Dustin ... school districts from suspending or terminating teachers for “permissible teaching about the Bible.” It ultimately failed. During the 2017 session, Burrows ...