In only three months, he accomplished something none of his predecessors could: pushing school vouchers across the finish line. But in a rare sit-down interview, House Speaker Dustin Burrows told us it isn’t even the most important bill they’ve passed this session. Across the aisle, the leader of House Democrats says even though vouchers are now state law, his party still has a strategy to fight them. With school choice in the rearview mirror, both leaders join us on this episode of Y’all-itics to discuss what’s next for Texas. 00:00 - INTRODUCTION 05:08 - INTERVIEW WITH HOUSE SPEAKER DUSTIN BURROWS 07:03 - ESAs AND PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING 10:09 - TEXAS STATE BUDGET 13:50 - ELIMINATION OF TEXAS LOTTERY? 14:47 - RELATIONSHIP WITH LT. GOV. DAN PATRICK 15:43 - AFFORDABILITY LIVING IN TEXAS 17:01 - 2026 ELECTIONS 17:34 - FULL BAN ON THC IN TEXAS 22:40 - INTRO TO GENE WU 24:16 - GENE WU INTERVIEW 25:27 - DEMOCRATS MEASURING SUCCESS THIS SESSION 26:27 - VIEWS ON SCHOOL VOUCHERS 29:29 - REGRET WITH HELPING SPEAKER BURROWS 30:41 - THC BAN 32:16 - TARIFFS IMPACT ON TEXANS 35:13 - 2026 ELECTIONS