State Representative Trey Wharton (R-TX) visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about his background and experience, fighting for ...

House on Thursday voted to ban members of the minority party from leading committees, achieving a major goal for conservative ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other long sought conservative goals.

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

Proponents of school choice in Texas argue it lets students attend schools that fit their specific needs, while critics claim ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, has been elected Speaker of the Texas House after a nasty fight within the ...

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...