Texas House Speaker Wants State to Look Into Annexing New Mexico Counties on State Line

Texas House Speaker wants state to look into annexing New Mexico counties on state line

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Could Texas lawmakers be making a play to add New Mexico counties to their state? A list of priorities from the Texas State House speaker suggests they are. However, his counterpart here in the New Mexico House is scoffing at the idea. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows posted his interim committee charges [...]

Texas House speaker eyes annexing part of oil-rich New Mexico

The Republican from Lubbock directed a new governmental oversight committee to study the secession of New Mexico counties to Texas.

Speaker Dustin Burrows lists data centers, property taxes and annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows directed lawmakers to study the secession of New Mexico counties to Texas, the development of data centers in the state, property tax relief and more in a list of his priorities for next year’s legislative session released Thursday.

Burrows charges for next session: Tax relief, regulatory reform, insurance costs

(The Center Square) – Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has announced interim charges for the next legislative session, which begins next year.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows lists annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gavels in a special legislative session at the Capitol in Austin on Aug. 8, 2025. (Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune)Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows directed lawmakers to study the secession of New Mexico counties to Texas, the development of data centers in the state, property tax relief and more in a list of his priorities for next year’s legislative session released Thursday. The Lubbock Republica…

House Interim Charges Include Studying Sharia Influence, Eliminating Educator Misconduct, Evaluating Data Centers

The interim charges are set to guide priorities for the next legislative session. The post House Interim Charges Include Studying Sharia Influence, Eliminating Educator Misconduct, Evaluating Data Centers appeared first on Texas Scorecard.