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This legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott made property tax relief an emergency item for the legislature to pass.
A boost in public school spending, school vouchers, and money for water systems are other highlights of the state budget, ...
The end of the Texas legislative session brings changes that impact public schools, property tax relief, criminal justice, abortion and more.
Lawmakers celebrated a host of policy wins as the session ended this week, including private school vouchers, teacher pay ...
The Texas Legislature ... Pension Review Board who played a key role in the 2017 reforms, pushed back on this “Oh, it will pay for itself” attitude. The DROP program was not restructured ...
Although it doesn’t include as many spending cuts as he’d like, U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran says the “Big Beautiful Bill” is a ...
The new budget comes after a year of planning and hundreds of hours of testimony over several months from state agencies, ...
Big tech giants and industrial users demand grid reliability to power their production, data centers and factories, yet they ...
Money for water systems, a boost in public school spending and school vouchers are other highlights of the budget, which was bolstered by a $24 billion surplus.
Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce further relief.
The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has ...
Staff writers Philip Jankowski, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Nolan McCaskill and Aaron Torres contributed to this report.