Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle when a bipartisan ...

A bipartisan committee voted unanimously to send to the full Senate legislation that would raise the state homestead ...

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

The Senate Finance Committee seemed interested Monday in funding specific education priorities, instead of a large investment ...

Read more A bill aimed at lowering property taxes unanimously passed a Texas Senate committee Tuesday, clearing the way for ...

The funding would be a nearly threefold increase from what the federal government is spending on both the Border Patrol and ...

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities Wednesday: school choice. The vote came closely along party lines, 19-12. It came after hours of debate ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Senators voted Wednesday evening to approve Senate Bill 2, the piece of legislation carrying an education savings accounts (ESA) program recently declared an emergency ...

A proposal creating a voucher-like program where public funds could be used towards private schools was passed by the Texas Senate Wednesday, just days after Gov. Greg Abbott made it an emergency ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas homeowners could be looking at additional property tax cuts on the horizon thanks to a new senate bill. Thursday night, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed SB 4 ...

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN – Though passage of a “school choice” bill is all but certain in the Texas Senate, Democrats were not giving up without a fight Wednesday as ...