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As a multibillion-dollar budget hole looms and costs of living increase, Washington lawmakers are again debating whether to ...

The continuing cry for relief from ever rising property taxes is fully underway at the State Capitol with particular focus on ...

Braun also pointed to a recent business-sponsored poll that found 76% of voters think the Legislature already has the funding it needs to address critical issues. More taxes could spike the cost of ...

Indiana’s tax rates are already among the lowest in the country. The state income tax is a mere 3.05%, with plans to drop to ...

A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday quickly and unanimously advanced a proposal to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks ...

Texas lawmakers in Austin again have a multi-billion dollar surplus. Again, some state leaders want to send money back to property owners and pay down local taxes by expanding the homestead exemption ...

SB 4 promises to provide more tax relief for homeowners and cash payments to local schools to replace a chunk of the revenue stream districts would lose.

A Texas Senate bill to raise the homestead exemption and provide relief to the state's property taxpayers quickly passed out ...

Lawmakers discussed Bill S. 317, which is expected to slash 50% of property taxes for boat owners. Senator Stephen Goldfinch ...

The bill laying out Gov. Mike Braun’s plan for property tax cuts passed out of committee Tuesday, but it included amendments ...

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