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

Senate Bill 4 would raise the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 and ensure school districts would not lose money.

Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.

A bipartisan committee voted unanimously to send to the full Senate legislation that would raise the state homestead ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, ...

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

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Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov ...

Last session, Texas lawmakers provided the largest property tax cut in the state's history by increasing the homestead ...

Since the law’s passage in 2023, universities across the state have shuttered DEI offices and efforts. Those offices sought to help Black, Latino, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented students adjust to ...

Texas Senators are debating Senate Bill 2 on the chamber floor, the piece of legislation that carries an education savings ...

The chamber voted to approve Senate Bill 2 in a 19-12 vote, with a single Republican rebelling against his party to vote ...