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The Texas Newsroom compiled the numbers from the 89th legislative session and found out which lawmakers filed the most bills, ...
The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.
A USTIN (Nexstar) — Speaker Dustin Burrows announced Tuesday the members of the House Select Committee on Disaster ...
The special House and Senate committees are set to meet on July 23 in Austin, and again on July 31 in Kerrville to hear from ...
A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have assembled a select committee to take up a warning system after the ...
Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, (right), show speaking with colleagues, is a Dennis Bonnen ally who is chairman of the House GOP caucus — at least for now.(James Gregg/Austin American-Statesman ...
Back in December, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ grasp on the speakership was, at best, tenuous. His main rival, Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, had already won the endorsement of the House Republican ...
When Colorado suffered a tragedy, it acted with state support for better signs and warnings. This year in Texas, a bill ...
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, says the Pledge of Allegiance during the opeing of the speical session on July 8, 2021. (Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto) (Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich ...
Speaker Dustin Burrows, once tagged as “liberal,” kept skeptics at bay by leaning into a conservative agenda At the same time, some Democrats acknowledged the Lubbock Republican let them leave ...
The so-called Big Three — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows — at a bill signing on May 14, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ...