A proposed $336.1 billion state budget advanced in a key Texas Senate committee Wednesday, setting it up for a floor debate ...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, the state's chief financial officer, is winding down his time in office after accepting the ...

And you still have time to do it for this year, even if you already paid your tax bill. When you apply for an exemption with ...

Texans who fall behind on property taxes face one of nation's most punitive systems, where private companies can tack up to ...

There is no shortage of opinions about the time change. As in past years, new legislation has been filed at the Texas Legislature that could end this requirement.

With various bills about school funding filed in the ongoing 89th Texas Legislature, Lamar Consolidated ISD officials said they plan to advocate on issues relating to the district’s status as a ...

This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for the state’s public ...

University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll illustrated, not for the first time, that the latest battle in Texas Republican leaders’ forever war on property taxes is fueled in part by many voters’ ...

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“Taxpayers in the state of Texas have been burdened with an oppressive property tax system that takes too much money out of their pockets,” the governor said at a 2019 bill signing. Lawmakers ...

For those who closely watch Texas politics — or even just those focused on their own annual property tax bill — this may seem like déjà vu. After months of wrangling during 2023's regular ...