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

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has handed over House impeachment spending records to the State Auditor, accusing former Speaker Dade Phelan of hiding the records to help his re-election campaign.

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.

Across two days of public testimony, educators from all different regions of Texas called on House of Representatives lawmakers to increase the basic per-studen

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market,

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.

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.