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

Republican officeholders and GOP grassroots activists learn difficult lesson about meddling in the affairs of the Texas House ...

Despite Trump’s threat, the House voted 121-23 in May 2023 to impeach Paxton. The Senate then held a trial that September to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Texas House elected Dustin Burrows as its new speaker on Tuesday, elevating an establishment pick from within former Speaker Dade Phelan’s circle over Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield ...

Burrows is taking over the gavel from one of his closest allies, former speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont. His elevation suggests that many of Phelan’s lieutenants — close allies who chaired key ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A push by Texas' hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican ...