"The House is at work," Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows told ABC13's Tom Abrahams during a one-on-one conversation as the filing deadline for legislation nears the Capitol.

The 75 co-sponsors plus the bill’s author would provide enough votes to pass Gov. Abbott’s top priority measure in the ...

If state Rep. Dade Phelan has any regrets about not being able to win a third term as speaker of the Texas House, he's keeping them to himself. In fact, the Beaumont legislator said he wouldn't ...

The latest Dade Phelan news from The Texas Tribune. By Kate McGee Feb. 13, 2025 A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in ...

Sometimes under Dade Phelan and Joe Straus, previous Republican speakers, Senate bills important to Patrick faded in the ...

But in recent weeks, there have been questions about the strength of that support. Some lawmakers, including former Speaker ...

A state senator from Brenham has again filed a bill to prevent foreign adversaries from purchasing land in Texas.

Rep. Dade Phelan, one of 11 House Republicans other than Buckley or Burrows who did not sign on as a coauthor, said he remains undecided in part because he expects a lot to change in HB 3 by the ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. A narrow majority of the Texas House signed on in support of the chamber’s school voucher bill on ...