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

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

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

The Senate Finance Committee seemed interested Monday in funding specific education priorities, instead of a large investment ...

Republican Texas lawmakers are renewing a push to infuse a greater religious influence in the state's public schools with a ...

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

Most Texas Senators have signed on to a new bill that increases the residence homestead exemption to $140,000. Twenty-nine ...

Just days after Governor Greg Abbott laid out his priorities for lawmakers in his State of the State address, Senate ...

Texas lawmakers are discussing five proposed bail reforms, including one to prevent undocumented defendants from posting bail ...

A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday quickly and unanimously advanced a proposal to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks ...

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

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