Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...

The package was fast-tracked after Gov. Greg Abbott declared “bail reform” an emergency item. The bills now head to the House ...

The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...

While the Lottery Commission says it can’t regulate sales to couriers, lawmakers want changes after two major jackpots were ...

Increasing the homestead exemption would cost the state roughly $3 billion over two years and add to a growing tab of ...

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

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

The Texas Senate passed a trio of legislation from Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) on Wednesday aimed at tightening rules ...

The Texas Senate gave unanimous approval to proposals to cut property taxes by raising homestead exemptions to $140,000, ...

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

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

On Wednesday, a routine budget hearing for the Texas Lottery Commission turned into a harsh warning from lawmakers. The ...