Texas House Speaker stepped back, citing intensified external pressures and political interference in the speaker’s race.

Rep. Dade Phelan, a Republican from Beaumont, held a news conference Wednesday to share that he has enough support to become the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Over the ...

When President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom last spring to face a slew of criminal charges, he was joined by a rotating cadre of lawyers, campaign aides, his family — and Texas ...

After former House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to keep the gavel in early December, Rep. Burrows of Lubbock entered the race pitting himself against Rep. David Cook of Mansfield.

West Virginia University head coach Darian DeVries / Christopher Hall - West Virginia on SI West Virginia University head coach Darian DeVries was the recipient of the Jim Phelan award ‘Mid ...

More Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Dade Phelan is doing as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives? Would you say that you..." More Respondents were asked, "How would you ...

Expect them to fight Trump's agenda all the way. Dustin Burrows is Dade Phelan 2.0." George Behizy, a Christian conservative commentator with more than 560,000 X followers, posted: "IT'S OFFICIAL!

David Cook. The Texas Republican Party has been sharply divided since the 2023 impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton under then-GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan lost power when Paxton was ...

This concludes a contentious fight over the speakership after Dade Phelan chose not to seek for the speaker position again. "The removal of the disgraced and corrupt Dade Phelan as speaker of the ...

He succeeds Dade Phelan, who was on Burrows' side when the votes were tallied. Burrows promised under his leadership, the House would represent the people who sent them to serve. "At the end of ...

"But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in committee for a month, assuring it would never have time for a vote on the floor," he added. "This was inexcusable and unacceptable.

KBMT-TV Beaumont-Port Arthur, Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025 The 89th Texas Legislative session kicked off with the swearing-in of new Speaker David Burrows, a ...