'Texas-sized' relief: Senate passes $22.7 billion school property tax cut package
If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax ...
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Certain criminal suspects would be denied bail under changes OK'd by Texas Senate panel
The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...
'Shaping statewide policy': Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows appoints committees
Many of the top assignments went to allies of new House Speaker Dustin Burrows. But a few also went to his critics.
Texas Senate greenlights new property tax cuts despite concerns over mounting costs
Increasing the homestead exemption would cost the state roughly $3 billion over two years and add to a growing tab of ...
Texas Senate approves proposals to cut property taxes with $140,000 homestead exemption
The Texas Senate gave unanimous approval Thursday to proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption ...
With Texas schools clamoring for more funding, Senate panel weighs targeted appropriations
The Senate Finance Committee seemed interested Monday in funding specific education priorities, instead of a large investment ...
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Texas Senate unanimously approves tax cuts for homeowners
The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000. The ...
Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners
The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.
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Texas homeowners are one step closer to receiving a property tax break after Senate approves bill
For the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have pushed to rein in rising property tax bills. That push culminated ...
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Bail organizations, immigrants targeted as Texas lawmakers consider bail reform legislation
Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...
Texas Senate committee tackles several bills on bail reform
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Property tax reform bill sails through Texas Senate committee
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Local Government passed a property tax relief bill onto the full Senate for a vote.