Atheists and agnostics are hoping to have greater say in Texas legislation, which is becoming increasingly influenced by ...

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep. Dustin Burrows as House speaker.

More:Texas House bucks GOP power players ... Much, if not all, of that spending was made possible by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, two Christian nationalist oil billionaires from West Texas whose ...

David Cook’s bid for House speaker. The same day ... That includes political operatives and groups funded by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, two West Texas oil billionaires who have spent tens ...

Influential House Republicans who turned against Phelan ... Dunn and another West Texas billionaire, Farris Wilks, have poured tens of millions of dollars into far-right candidates and movements ...

which is endorsed by West Texas oil billionaires Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn. While Burrows' win signaled a "rejection" of the billionaires’ plans to bankroll like-minded Republicans in the House ...

and West Texas billionaires Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, who had driven the House to the right by funding Republican primary challenges. Rep. Mihaela Plesa, a Dallas Democrat who gave one of Burrows ...