Fox News20d
House GOP charts roadmap to 'Make America Healthy Again,' cites healthcare system impact on 'national defense'
Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Wednesday unveiled a lengthy report ... The report also discusses how 47% of hospital cash prices are lower than the insurer-negotiated price "that people pay hundreds ...
Yahoo29d
Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A push by Texas' hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican ...
San Antonio Express-News24d
Texas House speaker election of Rep. Dustin Burrows could test voters’ values
It marks the first time since 1972 that the Texas House speaker was chosen with fewer than 112 votes. In that year, Rayford Price was elected over L. DeWitt Hale, 77-65, after Gus Mutscher ...
CBS News28d
Republican Dustin Burrows elected Speaker of the Texas House after bruising battle
AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after defeating David Cook, R-Mansfield in what split the GOP. He told ...
San Antonio Express-News29d
Texas House elects Dustin Burrows as speaker, rebuffing far-right challenge
The Texas House on Tuesday elected Rep. Dustin Burrows as its next speaker, elevating a conservative Republican and former top House deputy who has sought to rein in local Democratic elected ...
The Texas Tribune29d
See how Texas House members voted in the speaker race
A vote of 85 in favor of State Rep. Dustin Burrows decides the next Speaker of the Texas House Of Representatives on the first day of the 2025 Texas Legislature in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14 ...
CBS News20d
Texas House, Senate propose new money for school choice, extra funding for public schools, & more property tax relief
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 ...
Austin American-Statesman27d
Who is Dustin Burrows? 5 things to know about Texas' new Speaker of House from Lubbock
Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...
AOL7d
Waffle House Ushers in Big Pricing Change Leaving Fans Scrambling
With egg prices continuing to climb, Waffle House is adding a temporary surcharge on menu items. According to signs posted at their restaurants, the popular chain is adding a 50-cent charge per ...
Austin American-Statesman23d
Here's how Texas House Democrats became the kingmakers in the race for speaker
Phelan is also a Republican. But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and ...
The New York Times29d
Old-Guard Republican Picked to Lead Texas House in Setback for Hard Right
Bush and Rick Perry, who wanted to keep the Texas House and its members as a third power center in Austin. On the other was a more radical faction backed by religiously conservative West Texas ...
KXAN29d
Dustin Burrows voted as next Texas House Speaker after second vote
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted as next Texas House Speaker after a runoff on Tuesday as the 89th legislative session kicked off Tuesday. Burrows shared a message of ...