If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax ...

Senator Cesar J. Blanco has announced that Senate Bill 4 also known as SB 4 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 (SJR 2) have passed ...

Senate Bill 4 has passed and heads to the House now, promising an increased homestead exemption for Texas property taxpayers.

The bill would increase the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and $150,000 for seniors, which is the largest ...

Texas has been trying to pass school vouchers since 1995, but the bills keep failing each session. Now, Abbott gets what he ...

SB 4 would increase the Homestead Exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and up to $150,000 for seniors and disabled people.

Texas lawmakers are considering a plan to help parents move their children from public to private school using ...

The Texas Senate sent two bills to the Texas House on Thursday that will cut property taxes by again increasing the Homestead ...

The Texas Senate gave unanimous approval to proposals to cut property taxes by raising homestead exemptions to $140,000, ...

I wrote a story for The Advocate titled, “Will Abbott’s school vouchers ‘cripple our public schools?’” It’s a story I wrote ...

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

Richard Lee Tabler, 46, was given a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He is the second person ...