Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Five years ago, Rep. Dustin Burrows ...

After Republicans and Democrats fight over the budget and constitutional amendments, GOP members stake out a new battlefield.

Rep. Dustin Burrows also tells us whether he thinks the Texas lottery will survive and whether members support a total ban on ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses school vouchers; states support for Rep. Cole Hefner’s foreign-owned land bill ...

A bill that would apply the same penalties for abortion in Texas as homicide was removed from a committee schedule on Tuesday ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In a rare move on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday morning, a Republican state lawmaker tried to remove the Republican House Speaker. House members delivered a ...

A new state agency dedicated to simplifying and streamlining Texas government statutes and business regulations was ...

Schools get more money than just the basic allotment, a point Abbott and his office have made in recent months. According to ...

The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the ...

"For the first time in Texas history, our state has passed a universal school choice bill out of both chambers in the Texas ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday announced he would recommend the Senate accept House changes to SB 2, the controversial school ...