Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in 2019.

The unusually public battle to helm the Texas House divided both Democratic and Republican lawmakers between Rep. Dustin Burrows and Rep. David Cook.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

Attorney General Ken Paxton announces the State has come to a $250,000 settlement in a labor trafficking lawsuit against Austin Eco Bilingual School.

() –The Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16 has advanced a school choice bill filed by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe. SB 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, passed the committee by a 9-2 vote and is expected to pass the full Senate.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power sharing. But vice chairs don’t have nearly the power enjoyed by chairs, who can push or kill legislation and are better positioned to pass legislation.

Sen. Ron Wyden grills RFK Jr. on his stance on the measles and polio vaccines Sen. Ron Wyden: "The nominee wrote a book saying that people had been misled into believing that measles is a deadly disease.

THE BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS SET THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK AT 89 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT — THE CLOSEST IT HAS EVER BEEN TO THAT MARKER.

The Marshall winter volleyball season is underway. Starting this week, the league’s teams are playing Monday and Thursday evenings on the east and west courts in NASA Wellness Center. Players shook off the rust since the fall season with open play last Thursday.