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Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a ...

A ban on THC is one of the top pieces of legislation being pushed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. FOX 7 Austin's 7 On Your Side ...

The Texas Senate has approved Senate Bill 2 (SB 2 ... confirmed that all applicants within the 80% priority group would have an equal chance at receiving funds. The bill now moves to the Texas ...

House Republicans have missed another deadline to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending.

The Texas Senate easily passed a school voucher bill Wednesday night. Senate Bill 2 would allow families to use taxpayer dollars to fund a child's education at an accredited private school.

A proposal creating a voucher-like program where public funds could be used towards private schools was passed by the Texas Senate Wednesday, just days after Gov. Greg Abbott made it an emergency ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas homeowners could be looking at additional property tax cuts on the horizon thanks to a new senate bill. Thursday night, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed SB 4 ...

State leaders on Thursday praised the Texas Senate for its swift passage of a school voucher bill that breezed through the upper chamber a day earlier after hours of debate over the legislation ...

(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Housing testifies at ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Senate voted Wednesday 19-12 in favor of passing the school choice bill that would establish education savings accounts, allowing families to use public funds to ...