Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has directed lawmakers to study whether parts of southeastern New Mexico could be annexed ...

Kayla Guo, The Texas TribuneMarch 26, 2026 Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows directed lawmakers to study the secession of ...

New Mexico governor calls order ‘not serious’ as south-eastern counties note divisions with Democratic Santa Fe ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows asks lawmakers to explore legal and economic implications of adding New Mexico counties to Lone Star State.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has directed a select committee to study annexing one or more contiguous counties from New Mexico.

What does absorbing a few oil-rich counties in New Mexico have to do with Texas secession? A lot, actually.

With Thursday's release of the 2027 Texas House of Representatives committee priorities, Speaker Dustin Burrows has named the ...

The Texas legislature is considering a proposal that would expand the state into areas of neighboring New Mexico. House Speaker Dustin Burrows has ordered a study to examine a proposal first raised ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows ordered an oversight committee to analyze the implications of annexing parts of New Mexico ...

Texas leaders are studying whether New Mexico border counties could join the state, but annexation would require local votes, congressional approval and faces strong opposition.

The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives has directed a legislative committee to study the addition of New Mexico ...