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

Republican Texas lawmakers are renewing a push to infuse a greater religious influence in the state's public schools with a ...

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

Most Texas Senators have signed on to a new bill that increases the residence homestead exemption to $140,000. Twenty-nine ...

Until GOP support fell into place, it was unclear whether Gabbard’s nomination would succeed. Given the 53-47 split in the ...

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

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

Just days after Governor Greg Abbott laid out his priorities for lawmakers in his State of the State address, Senate ...

The aggressive Republican agenda’s success depends on how well the three leaders harmonize their tactics and goals for the ...

A bill aimed at lowering property taxes unanimously passed in the Texas Senate on Tuesday with bipartisan support, according ...

Last session, Texas lawmakers provided the largest property tax cut in the state's history by increasing the homestead ...