The new speaker of the 150-member Texas House said, downplays criticism from conservatives and says he's optimistic about the 2025 legislative session.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows sits down with FOX 7's Rudy Koski to talk about property tax cuts, school choice and the future of the Texas Lottery.

The House and Senate are pursuing separate approaches that would offer greater relief either to homeowners or commercial properties.

"The House is at work," Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows told ABC13's Tom Abrahams during a one-on-one conversation as the filing deadline for legislation nears the Capitol.

Schoolchildren are regular visitors to the state Capitol during the session. They learn about Texas politics and history. But it's their future that's being debated in the legislature right now. House Speaker Dustin Burrows leads the House and the flow of legislation.

Texas official confronted over DEI hiring practices, leading to a wider debate on race and respect in state politics.

Burrows has heard on social media about the need to pass school choice in Texas from some of the biggest names on the planet, including President Trump and Elon Musk. He got the message. "I'm proud to say the votes are there to do this in the Texas House," Burrows said in San Antonio earlier this week at a school choice event.

At a conservative gathering in Austin, House Speaker Dustin Burrows applauded the Texas House’s “two-step solution” on school finance, choice.

The Texas State Senate and House unveiled their proposed 2026-2027 state budgets on Wednesday, neither of which include funding for the higher education institutional enhancement fund which provided the state's universities with $423 million worth of funding in the past two years.