The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature.

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.

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,

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.