AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new ...

Jeff Leach, R-Plano, after Burrows defeated Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, in a two-candidate runoff for speaker during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on ...

Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes ...

Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) shakes hands with Rep. Jeff Leach, R- Plano, during opening day ceremonies on the House floor on Tuesday, Jan. 14th, 2025. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune ...

Burrows was first elected to represent Texas House District 83 in 2014. He served as a GOP caucus chair before 2019, when he ...

Dustin Burrows as ... speaker in Texas history.” Some Republicans predicted conservative priorities will pass through the House. “We have to come together,” Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen, said ...