Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

An army of automated bots mobilized late last year to attack state Rep. Dustin Burrows on social media as the Lubbock Republican campaigned in a hotly contested race to become the next speaker of the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Speaker Dustin Burrows spoke to KCBD NewsChannel 11’s Kase Wilbanks Thursday about his election to ...

Despite a conservative push, Dustin Burrows was elected Speaker of the Texas House with support from Democrats and moderate ...

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Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows navigates bipartisan tightrope with the adoption of new rules governing committees in his ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the Texas House speakership after two rounds of voting on Tuesday, the first day of ...

LUBBOCK — The biggest city in the South Plains is nearly 400 miles from the Texas Capitol. And yet, it feels closer than ever now that state Rep. Dustin Burrows is the Texas House speaker.