Opponents of the bail reform package say the proposed changes are based on false pretenses and could unjustly keep innocent ...

The aggressive Republican agenda’s success depends on how well the three leaders harmonize their tactics and goals for the ...

A Texas Senate bill to raise the homestead exemption and provide relief to the state's property taxpayers quickly passed out ...

A similar proposal has also been filed in the Texas Senate, but could face headwinds as gambling-related bills have drawn ...

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

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

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Local Government passed a property tax relief bill onto the full ...

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

Bills filed in the Texas Senate are once again trying to bring prayer and the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms.

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

After seven hours of debate over SB 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so that they could expedite ...

Although we might think of the chamber as being mostly business-focused, public education took up the most space in its State ...