This week, for the first time, the new Speaker of the Texas House, Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said school choice will pass.

At a conservative gathering in Austin, House Speaker Dustin Burrows applauded the Texas House’s “two-step solution” on school ...

Lawrence Nelson, a 52-year-old with learning disabilities, was determined to become a better reader, completing a course ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is looking to change the dynamic among the "Big Three" – the governor, Lt. governor, and the House ...

Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.

With the Texas House legislative committees filled out, the stage is now set in the lower chamber for legislators to get to ...

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House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a figure that public education advocates say falls short of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker Dustin Burrows predict a school voucher bill will pass through the Texas House, which last year ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Thursday that creating a private-school voucher program in Texas is “the defining issue” of the legislative session, reassuring a crowd of ...