House Speaker

Business-minded Republicans spent millions trying to save Phelan, whose far-right opponent had the backing of Donald Trump, Ken Paxton and Dan Patrick. Phelan won by 366 votes, according to unofficial returns.

From Texas Standard:The Texas Legislature’s two houses have about nine weeks to approve a balanced two-year budget. But disagreement over accounting…

State Rep. Scott Turner, R-Frisco, recently announced his candidacy for speaker of the House, an election for which will not be held until 2015.His timing…

State House member Warren Chisum (R-Pampa) says he has collected a enough signatures to force the Republican caucus to take a vote on who will be the next…

And then there were three.State Rep. Ken Paxton (R-McKinney) has announced he's running to be the next Speaker of the Texas House. The Associated Press…