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 ...
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How campaign megadonors are eroding the independence of Texas lawmakers as the Legislature opens
The public gallery overlooking the Texas House of Representatives is nicknamed “the owners’ box,” because that’s where major campaign donors and their lobbyists sit when overseeing lawmakers doing ...
Texas House speaker race is a GOP purity disaster
The so-called purists of the Texan Republican establishment are holding a lot of cards these days and doing all they can to ...
Focus at Four: Who will be Texas' next Speaker of the House?
Republican representatives Dustin Burrows (TX-83) and David Cook (TX-96) are competing for Texas Speaker of the House in the ...
Texas House to elect new Speaker after month-long divisive battle among Republicans
After current House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to keep the gavel in early December, one member of his leadership ...
Battle for Texas House Speaker ramps up ahead of start of new legislative session
The void is set to be filled by either Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock or Rep. David Cook of Mansfield. Experts told KHOU 11 ...
Showdown at Texas Capitol over who will become Speaker set for Tuesday
AUSTIN — Members of the Texas House will vote Tuesday for their new Speaker after a month-long divisive battle among ...
Jason Villalba: The Texas speaker race can still usher a surprise
The Texas House speaker’s race is likely to be a contest between Dustin Burrows and David Cook. But history has taught us ...
Texas lawmaker accuses state GOP chair of ethics violation over threats in House speaker race
A complaint has been filed against Texas GOP Chair Abraham George for sending mailers and censuring lawmakers who support Rep ...
GOP megadonor says his PAC won't primary Republican Texas House members over speaker vote
The founder of a $20 million Republican PAC says he wants a GOP-backed Texas House speaker. But the decision must be left to ...
South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist.