Burrows bested challenger David Cook (R-Mansfield) in a runoff vote on the first day of the Texas Legislature in Austin.

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

That’s unacceptable to many Republicans, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the week before the start of the session, Paxton joined Texas Republican Party Chairman Abraham George ...

He and David Cook, R-Mansfield, are vying to be speaker of the Texas House.(Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto) The so-called purists of the Texan Republican establishment are holding ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows beat out the MAGA-favored state Rep. David Cook by a margin of 85-55 with the help of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans.

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – Lamar County deputies are searching for the suspects who stole a vehicle and used stolen credit cards at a business. Deputies said the suspects stole a gray 2008 Ford ...

The Texas GOP has been divided since the state House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was acquitted in the Senate.