Confrontational exchange in Texas Capitol hearing leads to tears, rebukes
The exchange drew rapid backlash from GOP state leaders including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker ...
Texas Budget Proposal Could Slash $423M From Higher Education
The Texas State Senate and House unveiled their proposed 2026-2027 state budgets on Wednesday, neither of which include ...
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Texas leaders defend Black official after lawmaker’s public interrogation of DEI policies left her in tears
The topic was a budget request from a state agency. The exchange grew emotional when a lawmaker pressed for answers about a ...
Texas GOP leaders defend appointee after tense exchange over diversity hiring
Several of Texas’ top Republicans are defending Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick to head the state’s water agency following pointed ...
Tense moment in Texas House committee over DEI policies leaves agency head in tears
A usually mundane House Appropriations Committee hearing became tense as a Republican lawmaker probed members of the Texas ...
Speaker Dustin Burrows promises school choice will pass: ‘Our moment has arrived’
At a conservative gathering in Austin, House Speaker Dustin Burrows applauded the Texas House’s “two-step solution” on school ...
Texas Speaker Burrows says school choice will pass in the House "The votes are there to do this"
Burrows has heard on social media about the need to pass school choice in Texas from some of the biggest names on the planet, ...
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Texas top officials predict lawmakers will pass school voucher bill: 'The votes are there'
"I'm proud to say the votes are there to do this in the Texas House," said Speaker Dustin Burrows, echoing comments he made to the American-Statesman earlier this month after the Senate passed its ...
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Speaker Dustin Burrows Champions Legislation to Deliver Further Property Tax Relief
Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows today announced his support of priority legislation to provide new property tax ...
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Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to public school funding
House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said the approach of tying the voucher program to public education dollars — which he called the "Texas two-step plan" — shows the state can both ...
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Texas House establishes own DOGE to 'reduce the size and scope of government'
Republican Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows revealed state lawmakers had formed their own "DOGE" modeled after billionaire Elon Musk's controversial Department of Government Efficiency ...