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

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

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Bills introduced by Republicans in the Texas Senate would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and ...

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

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are strengthening their partnership with leaders in the United Kingdom. On Tuesday, Sen. Tan ...

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

Texas is building more new homes, and issuing more new housing permits than any other state, according to a new report by ...

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

Almost immediately after assuming his new role as chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, state Rep. Ramón ...

A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would require every school district to have a policy requiring students ...

A bipartisan committee voted unanimously to send to the full Senate legislation that would raise the state homestead exemption by $40,000.