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

A bipartisan committee voted unanimously to send to the full Senate legislation that would raise the state homestead ...

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

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who serves as president of the Texas Senate, announced 25 of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th ...

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 ...

The Senate passed different versions of the bill several times last session, but it's died in the House each time.