A vote of 85 in favor of State Rep. Dustin Burrows decides the next Speaker of the Texas House Of Representatives on the first day of the 2025 Texas Legislature in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14 ...

WASHINGTON — Two moderate South Texas Democrats voted Tuesday to ban federal funds for schools that allow trans athletes in girls sports, breaking from the rest of their party. U.S. Reps.

TEXAS, USA — The 2025 Texas legislative session began Tuesday, and with it ... Cook received 55 votes and 9 didn't vote. ELECTED:@Burrows4TX is the next Speaker of the Texas House with more ...

By Ja'han Jones Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives. But the story of the day, from my vantage point, was the scenes of ...

Under the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate cannot pass legislation during the first 60 days of a regular session, except for bills related to the governor’s emergency items.

Rep. James Talarico, a Presbyterian Democrat in Austin, walked away from the Texas Capitol late Tuesday afternoon feeling "very good" after House members voted for an evangelical Republican as its ...

Amazon Fire or Apple TV device to watch live coverage of the Texas House Speaker discussion and vote at noon Tuesday. In 2009, 11 Texas House Republicans gathered at a lawmaker’s West Austin ...

Two South Texas Democrats in Congress joined all House Republicans on Tuesday in voting to ban transgender ... Gonzalez said in a statement after the vote. During the 2024 campaign, the National ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was voted as next Texas House Speaker after a runoff on Tuesday as the 89th legislative session kicked off Tuesday. Burrows shared a message of unity ...