Why Texas wants to explore annexing part of New Mexico

Texas can keep its hands off New Mexico

Those Texans sure know how to rile up New Mexicans.

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…

Why Texas wants to explore annexing part of New Mexico

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

New Mexico Leaders Mock Texas House Speaker Over Push to Annex Counties: 'We're Good'

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has directed lawmakers to study whether parts of southeastern New Mexico could be annexed into Texas, a move that has drawn swift criticism from New Mexico officials.