With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North Texas Republican tries to win it. Speaker ...

Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own ...

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A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan escaped a May primary runoff defeat by the skin of his teeth, but the Beaumont Republican’s ...

With their success at the polls on Tuesday, Texas Republicans are poised to run the table in the Legislature. But internal fights are probably ahead.

Tuesday marked the first unofficial beginning of the next Texas legislative session — and already lawmakers have begun filing ...

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

A crop of fresh Republican faces in the Texas House could have big implications for the balance of power in the chamber, ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday declared private school voucher legislation his top issue for the legislative session ...

Read full article: Does Dade Phelan have the votes to keep his job as Texas House speaker? It depends on how you count. Phelan appears to lack support from the majority of House Republicans ...

The latest Dade Phelan news from The Texas Tribune ... falsely depicted Phelan in a hug with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Full Story ...

On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...