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

A bipartisan panel of Texas Senators approved legislation that would increase Texas' homestead property tax exemption, once ...

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.

With plenty of patience and money, the industry is extending its multi-year campaign to bring legal casinos and sports ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...