AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, announced the assignments for the standing committees in the House of Representatives for the 89th legislative session. The Speaker said it ...

"Breaking : DEMOCRAT named Speaker Pro Tem of the (GOP dominated) Texas House," Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Waxahachie, who opposed Burrows' bid to lead the chamber and has frequently sparred with him ...

Realtor.com found that in 2024, Texas was the No. 1 state for new house permits, accounting for 15% of the U.S. total, even though the state only accounts for 9% of the U.S. population.

Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows raises his gavel during the second day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Juan Figueroa / Staff ...

Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the House after being sworn in as House Speaker on the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session, in Austin. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Audio ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027, and lawmakers told CBS News Texas they liked how similar the two chambers' spending plans are. "It's ...

The Texas Senate and House filed their respective versions of the 2026-2027 state budget on Wednesday. The two versions are just a few billion dollars apart. Significantly, both versions set aside ...

The Texas House ended its decadeslong tradition of awarding at least some legislative committee chairmanships to members of the minority party with new rules the lower chamber adopted by a 116-23 ...

The Republican-led Texas House voted Thursday to bar Democrats from holding powerful committee chair posts, ending a longstanding tradition that members credited with fostering a bipartisan spirit ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on Thursday. The vote came after months of Texas ...

The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new rules that prevent Democrats from serving as committee chairs ...

The Texas House on Thursday voted to ban members of the minority party from leading committees, achieving a major goal for conservative Republicans — and upending a tradition of power sharing ...