The stakes of the contest are high, as the outcome of the Speaker race will significantly impact the legislative agenda in Texas.

Picked to lead the housing agency under Trump, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis.

The choice of speaker, made by all 150 members of the Texas House, will set the course of the 2025 legislative session and stoke an ongoing Republican ...

Joe Straus of San Antonio as speaker, beginning a record-tying five terms as leader of the chamber. Straus would be known for being a business-minded Republican who fended off his party’s ...

Joe Straus would be their horse. On the following afternoon, as the House gaveled to order, the game was afoot. All hell broke loose on the floor that day. In the end, Rep. Joe Straus became ...

Joe Straus of San Antonio as speaker, beginning a record-tying five terms as leader of the chamber. Straus would be known for being a business-minded Republican who fended off his party’s ...

Out of a tumultuous race for Speaker, a genteel Republican moderate from San Antonio emerged—Joe Straus—with the support of only 11 Republicans, the so-called cardinals, and 65 Democrats.