With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North Texas Republican tries to win it.

Every legislative session, the 150-member Texas House of Representatives votes on which of them will take on the role of House speaker. It’s not just a critical role in the statehouse – it’s ...

In a stunning development Friday morning, the incumbent speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Dade Phelan, announced he would not seek re-election to the influential position after ...

What we're talking about is the traditionally out-of-public-view jockeying for who will be the speaker of the often fractious 150-member Texas House. This is a members-only affair in which the ...

(AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)(Stephen Spillman / AP) AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s 89th regular ...

An emergency meeting of Texas’ Republicans in Congress is signaling concern over President Trump’s pressure to redraw Texas ...

Texas Republicans are poised to pick the statehouse lower chamber’s next leader this weekend. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy ...

Republican Dustin Burrows emerged from his first legislative session wielding the gavel with a laundry list of new ...

After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, Texas' 2025 legislative session has ended. In all, state legislators passed more ...

Speaker Mike Johnson was rushing through the halls of the Capitol during the overnight House vote on President Donald Trump's big tax bill.