Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

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

Senate Bill 4 has passed and heads to the House now, promising an increased homestead exemption for Texas property taxpayers.

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

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

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

Texas Senators voted unanimously to increase the homestead exemption to $140K to provide tax relief to Texans. If passed in ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows reappointed state Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Killeen) to lead the committee. Buckley tried to get ...

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

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

A Texas Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a package of bills aimed at keeping more defendants behind bars while they await trial for violent criminal charges.

Government attorneys say the corruption conviction Wednesday of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was historic.