A plan blessed by Arrington’s close personal friend, Speaker Mike Johnson, has stalled for weeks in the Budget Committee. Arrington and fellow Texas hard-liner Chip Roy have battled Ways and Means ...

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House Republicans are plowing ahead with a budget resolution markup on Thursday before the chamber’s scheduled one-week ...

Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send ...

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

It only took the Texas Senate 22 days from the start of this year’s legislative session to introduce, debate and pass its ...

Lawmakers are preparing a package of bills meant to address looming water shortages that threaten Texas' economy and its ...

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

In the legislature, the GOP is sponsoring measures to require state law enforcement to cooperate with ICE, a particularly ...

Health-related issues drove a drop in attendance among House lawmakers in 2024, CQ Roll Call's annual vote studies found.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott talked about several issues that are top of mind for Texans, including border security, school vouchers, tariffs and legalizing online betting.

Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate.