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

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

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

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

Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker.

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

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

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

In a move that mirrors the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is ...

A bill aimed at lowering property taxes unanimously passed in the Texas Senate on Tuesday with bipartisan support, according ...

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

Last session, Texas lawmakers provided the largest property tax cut in the state's history by increasing the homestead ...