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

The stage was set this week for what could be a state legislative session of high drama and infighting. FOX 7 Austin's chief ...

A helpful tip: All representatives’ email addresses follow the same format: first.last@house.texas.gov (or first.last@senate.texas.gov). Alexandra Fowler, chief of staff for Rep. Mano DeAyala ...

For the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have pushed to rein in rising property tax bills. That push culminated ...

Senate Bill 4 has passed and heads to the House now, promising an increased homestead exemption for Texas property taxpayers.

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 ...