Although Republicans have run state government for two decades, the governor said he was "shocked" to learn Texas has fifth ...

A new state agency dedicated to simplifying and streamlining Texas government statutes and business regulations was ...

The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the ...

Schools get more money than just the basic allotment, a point Abbott and his office have made in recent months. According to ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses school vouchers; states support for Rep. Cole Hefner’s foreign-owned land bill ...

The Texas Legislature is entering its final month. WFAA's Jason Whitely sat down with Congressmen Dustin Burrows and Gene Wu ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows also tells us whether he thinks the Texas lottery will survive and whether members support a total ban on ...

ESAs are just one of the legislative victories that Texas Republicans have racked up recently. House Speaker Dustin Burrows ...

The program — which reserves one-fifth of the $1 billion budget for families making about $160,000 per year or more — will ...

Partisan rancor in the Texas House of Representatives threatened to boil over on Friday when a group of hardline Republicans ...