A boost in public school spending, school vouchers, and money for water systems are other highlights of the state budget, ...

The new budget comes after a year of planning and hundreds of hours of testimony over several months from state agencies, ...

Bettencourt claims that as a result of this year’s bill, “80-90% of Texas seniors will pay no property ... for property tax relief. Gov. Greg Abbott listed property tax reform as a top ...

The Texas Senate on Monday approved ... give teachers and librarians a $5,000 pay raise, fund full-day pre-K for low-income students, and lower tax bills. The House and Senate will have to ...

According to the Tax Foundation, as of 2022 Texas property owners pay the 7th highest property ... supports property tax reform that is, ‘fair, transparent and based on accurate market values.’ ...

Governors and state lawmakers spend a lot of time focusing on legislation that will improve tax ... tort reform effort in the Palmetto State, which now moves to the South Carolina House, Texas ...

Proposition 13 resulted in a “horizontal equity” issue, in which two comparable homes sitting next to each other can pay hugely different ... provide property tax relief. Texas has two such ...

(Callie Cummings For The Texas Tribune ... “many of whom are already struggling to pay their property taxes.” She said lawmakers should consider reforms, including lowering the fees law ...

As the March 14, 2025, bill filing deadline approaches in the Texas Legislature, several legislative initiatives have been introduced to reform Chapter ... modify tax exemption structures, and ...

The measure resulted in education spending cratering and wildly unequal property taxes that persist today. Long-standing property owners or their heirs often pay virtually nothing in property ...