House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, monthslong intraparty push to remove him from power. Phelan, a ...

Lamar University recently hosted a naming ceremony to honor former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan for his contributions to the school and Southeast Texas. On Thursday, the ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior adviser to House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan made the announcement Thursday morning in a news release touting Perry’s previous posts as a ...

Former Texas House Speaker and retiring State Representative Dade Phelan of Beaumont has called out the Republican Party and voters for what he calls ‘looking the other way’ at philandering, ...