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'Shaping statewide policy': Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows appoints committees
Many of the top assignments went to allies of new House Speaker Dustin Burrows. But a few also went to his critics.
Speaker Burrows Remodels Texas House With All-Republican Chairs
The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.
Texas House speaker names North Texas Republicans to powerful committee posts
Leaning heavily on trusted lieutenants who helped him survive his bruising rise to leadership, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Thursday appointed a slate of 30 Republican committee chairs to drive his agenda and defend GOP-dominated House policy positions.
All Texas House committees will be chaired by Republicans this session
Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows said for the first time in state history, every standing House committee will be chaired by a Republican.
Texas Speaker of the House announces committee assignments
Lubbock, announced the assignments for the standing committees in the House of Representatives for the 89th legislative session. The Speaker said it is the first time in the state's history that every standing committee will be chaired by a Republican during a regular session.
Texas’ New House Speaker Aims to Unite the State’s Most Powerful Republicans
Rep. Dustin Burrows is looking to change the dynamic among the "Big Three" – the governor, Lt. governor, and the House speaker – this session.

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Elon Musk urges the Texas Legislature to pass private school vouchers
Elon Musk urged Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to advance a bill that would subsidize private schools with public dollars ...
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Elon Musk, Ted Cruz call for Texas House to pass school choice bill
Ted Cruz and Elon Musk are joining a growing number of people in Washington with eyes on the Texas lawmakers as school choice ...
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Texas House committee assignments extend power of experienced GOP leaders
Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.
Sen. Ted Cruz urges Texas House speaker to hold firm on ‘school choice’ bill
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz this week urged Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to resist any moves to water down “school choice” ...
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School voucher proponent picked to lead Texas House education committee
House Speaker Dustin Burrows reappointed state Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Killeen) to lead the committee. Buckley tried to get ...
Texas is building more new homes than any other state: Report
Texas is building more new homes, and issuing more new housing permits than any other state, according to a new report by ...
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Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
State leaders on Thursday praised the Texas Senate for its swift passage of a school voucher bill that breezed through the upper chamber a day earlier after hours of debate over the legislation ...
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Critics of Texas House leadership spent big in this year’s speaker’s race. They fought years for that chance.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House ...