Texas House to elect new Speaker

Race for Texas House Speaker Is a Test of Hard Right’s Power
The leadership fight in Austin follows months of all-out political warfare between Republican factions and could further empower the state’s most strident conservatives.
Texas House to pick new speaker, concluding brutal proxy war
The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature.
Texas Speaker's race mirrors 'The Conclave' in strategy, negotiations | Opinion
The stakes of the contest are high, as the outcome of the Speaker race will significantly impact the legislative agenda in Texas.
Texas House speaker race is a GOP purity disaster
Elections have consequences, and the race for House speaker is one of those. We thought Texas was better off with Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan in that seat. But Phelan was disempowered by Austin’s big three,
Battle for Texas House Speaker ramps up ahead of start of new legislative session
AUSTIN, Texas — he Texas State Legislature kicks off its new session on Tuesday but who will lead the House remains uncertain. "This is the most contentious fight for speaker that we've seen in a public setting in a very,
Texas House to elect new Speaker after month-long divisive battle among Republicans
After current House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to keep the gavel in early December, one member of his leadership team, Representative Dustin Burrows of Lubbock entered the race pitting himself against Representative David Cook of Mansfield.
Texas House faces a momentous decision right off the bat: Who will lead as speaker?
The choice of speaker, made by all 150 members of the Texas House, will set the course of the 2025 legislative session and stoke an ongoing Republican
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Mexican cattle banned from Texas due to screwworm threat
A single cow in Mexico and a pest the size of a housefly have held up pens full of Texas-bound cattle worth millions of ...
Texas has nearly $24 billion surplus and projected to have more than $28 billion in rainy day fund
AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Monday the state will end its current budget with a surplus of $23.8 billion ...
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Live updates: Texas lawmakers expected to elect a House speaker as 2025 session opens
A new, 140-day legislative session begins at noon. A contentious race to lead the Legislature’s lower chamber is expected to ...
Texas' coffers get $27 billion boost from oil, gas
As the U.S. churned out record levels of fossil fuels in 2024, the Lone Star State’s oil and gas industry poured over $27 ...
Walmart recalls more than 2,000 cases of Great Value Chicken Broth sold in Texas and other states
Walmart has recalled more than 2,000 cases of Great Value Family Size Chicken Broth sold in Texas and eight other states. The ...
Texas sues Allstate for collecting driver data without consent
Allstate has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their ...
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Oui-Haw! Let’s Frenchify the Texas Economy
We’ve got more than a little work to do to make that a reality. Texas’s economic output in 2023 was roughly $2.6 trillion, ...