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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill raising the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, potentially saving homeowners hundreds of dollars. The legislature is allocating $3 billion to ...

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

Texas has been trying to pass school vouchers since 1995, but the bills keep failing each session. Now, Abbott gets what he ...

After claiming to pass the greatest property tax relief bill two years ago, which included loopholes allowing local jurisdictions to increase property taxes by close to ...

Ted Cruz and Elon Musk are joining a growing number of people in Washington with eyes on the Texas lawmakers as school choice ...

Texas Republicans are moving quickly to pass their economic and social priorities through the Legislature, but the party is ...