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.

Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov ...

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 ...

Since Texas passed a law in 2023 requiring public school districts to have an armed officer at each campus, districts have ...

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

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

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

Texas Senator Joan Huffman, who represents parts of the Houston region, said the bills will be known as "Jocelyn's law" and ...

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 ...