The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

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

Bills filed in the Texas Senate are once again trying to bring prayer and the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms.

Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

Democrats can also look for leverage on Republican efforts to amend the Texas Constitution, which require two-thirds support in both chambers. After netting a seat in the Senate, Republicans will ...

The Texas Senate kicked off what will likely be this year’s most ... doubling last session’s proposal of $500 million. The ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027, and lawmakers told CBS News Texas they liked how similar the two chambers' spending plans are. "It's ...

The bill then is sent to the governor, who can either sign it into law or veto it. However, if a law is vetoed while ...

House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1, Jan. 22. The proposals include billions of dollars for border security, property tax cuts, ...

Dan Patrick, who leads the Senate. Because it proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution ... Budget bills filed by both chambers earmarked $3.5 billion for new property tax relief by reducing ...