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 ...

We're following new legislation to abolish the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and eliminate the position of commissioner of ...

SB 4 would increase the Homestead Exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and up to $150,000 for seniors and disabled people.

The bill would increase the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and $150,000 for seniors, which is the largest ...

"The Texas Senate's passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, with $1 ...

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.

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

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

The Texas Senate passed a school voucher bill that would offer $10,000 to students for private school tuition.