Senior homeowners should have cheered the loudest because their homestead exemption will grow to $150,000 if the House ...

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

The Texas Senate on Thursday quickly and unanimously advanced a proposal to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to homeowners in a bid to blunt the state’s high property tax bills.

The exterior of the Texas Capitol seen from Congress Avenue in Austin on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN — Texas House and Senate budget writers filed the ...

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 ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed ... There's new money proposed for public schools, teacher pay raises, and property tax relief. There's also a plan to use taxpayer ...

Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State address that declared ...

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