Yahoo: Redrawing Texas Map? Speaker Burrows Pushes Study To Annex New Mexico Counties
Redrawing Texas Map? Speaker Burrows Pushes Study To Annex New Mexico Counties
Yahoo: Your US map could look very different in the future: A Republican wants parts of New Mexico in Texas
Your US map could look very different in the future: A Republican wants parts of New Mexico in Texas
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has directed a select committee to study annexing one or more contiguous counties from New Mexico.
"Southeast New Mexico deserves a real voice in its own future, not one dictated by Santa Fe. It’s a conservative, energy-rich region with a fierce independent streak, and West Texas has shown what’s ...
The Dallas Morning News: 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.
Houston Chronicle: Texas eyes New Mexico border counties, but annexation faces long odds
The study ordered last week by House Speaker Dustin Burrows to examine whether Texas could actually gobble up some of the counties on the eastern rim of New Mexico has some political figures seeing ...
Austin American-Statesman: Is Texas about to acquire parts of New Mexico? GOP lawmakers are looking into it
Texas lawmakers are weighing whether the state could expand its borders to include parts of New Mexico, though any change would face a long and uncertain path. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on ...
Is Texas about to acquire parts of New Mexico? GOP lawmakers are looking into it
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: What is NewMexit? Texas looks at annexation of New Mexico counties
Texans and New Mexicans might be starting to hear more chatter about "NewMexit" — the possibility of Texas annexing New Mexico counties wishing to secede and join the Lone Star state. What started as ...