The five-term lawmaker who dropped his bid for a third term as speaker says he was right to impeach Ken Paxton and not twist ...

State Representative and Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan calls his republican primary race one of the nastiest elections he's seen in southeast Texas. Neither Phelan nor David Covey got 50% ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Tuesday marked the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session and lawmakers got right down to business, electing David Burrows ... speaker Dade Phelan will still have ...

David Cook of Mansfield was quietly but ... Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, a Phelan ally, told CBS News Texas that he is “fully supportive” of Phelan serving a third term as speaker.

Read full article: Bexar County to open warming centers for upcoming hard freeze The University of Texas at San ... Paxton-backed challenger David Covey. On Tuesday, Phelan came in second to ...

David Cook (R-Mansfield), who received ... "The removal of the disgraced and corrupt Dade Phelan as speaker of the House is a positive step for Texas. His close ally, Dustin Burrows, was elected ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is joining Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan's team as a senior advisor. According to a statement from Phelan's office, Perry, 74, will join the speaker's team as a ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the Texas House.