Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt announced on Friday he's filed a bill in an effort to increase the residence homestead exemption.

Houston, is making another move to lower property taxes. On Friday, he filed Senate Bill 4 alongside 28 other senators to ...

GOP lawmakers in Texas are moving forward with legislation to restrict foreign land ownership in the state, targeting China ...

The Texas Senate has passed SB 2, which now awaits approval from the House. Here's what lawmakers say about the proposed ...

Despite being called a "voucher scam" by some Democrats, Republicans believe Senate Bill 2 will help cover services like tutoring, behavioral therapy, school uniforms, and more.

The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a plan that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to fund private education.

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities Wednesday: school choice. The vote came along party lines, 20-11. It came after hours of debate that began ...

A Texas Senate committee has pushed forward Senate Bill 2, a new attempt at school choice in Texas. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski spoke with advocates for school choice and small government about what's ...

The proposal failed last session after protests and criticism that it was discriminatory. Any ban would almost certainly be ...

Co-authored by Republican Sen. Justin Busch, of Fort Wayne, Senate Bill 147 would also create a public dashboard displaying the average negotiated charge between health care providers and insurers.

(The Center Square) – On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The proposals are nearly identical, allocating more ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027, and lawmakers told CBS News Texas they liked how similar the two chambers' spending plans are. "It's ...