Elon Musk urged Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to advance a bill that would subsidize private schools with public dollars ...

If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax ...

The Texas Senate gave unanimous approval Thursday to proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption ...

Increasing the homestead exemption would cost the state roughly $3 billion over two years and add to a growing tab of ...

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

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

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

For the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have pushed to rein in rising property tax bills. That push culminated ...

AUSTIN – It is now in the hands of the Texas House to decide what to do about a new property tax cut plan. The author of the Senate's plan calls it the largest exemption increase in state history.

The Texas Senate approved SB 4, which raises the homestead exemption, potentially saving homeowners on property taxes.

A promise to make Texas the film capital of the world has left local creatives raring to cash in — and preparing for a legislative battle, The Texas Tribune reports.

The Texas Senate sent two bills to the Texas House on Thursday that will cut property taxes by again increasing the Homestead ...