Texas House to elect new Speaker

Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right
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 feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Texas House elects new speaker in blow to far-right wing
The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate backed by Texas Attorney General Ken
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,
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Texas Legislature: New session begins with House Speaker vote
The Texas House will be faced with a decision for House Speaker when the session begins Tuesday. Last month, Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) said he had enough support between Democrats and Republicans to become speaker.
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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Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock elected as Texas House speaker
After former House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to keep the gavel in early December, Rep. Burrows of Lubbock entered ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Allstate for collection, sale of driver data
Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state ...
A timeline of the legal battle over Texas age verification law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to uphold a Texas law that requires pornographic sites to have age verification ...
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Texas sues Allstate for alleged violations of consumer privacy law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton charged the information is being used by Allstate and other insurance companies to ...
Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe
Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe ...
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 ...
Texas suing TikTok for claiming to be safe for minors
The lawsuit comes as the United States Supreme Court was deciding on a law that could ban TikTok in the United States. The ...
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Supreme Court to Weigh Laws in Texas, 18 Other States Requiring Age Verification To Access Adult Content Online
One analyst says the Texas law being debated would ‘probably not be constitutional under existing precedent,’ but ...