SENATE HAPPENINGSThis week, Senate standing committees remained active, conducting hearings and advancing legislation. The ...

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

Read more A bill aimed at lowering property taxes unanimously passed a Texas Senate committee Tuesday, clearing the way for ...

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

An unidentified Russian was freed in the U.S. in exchange for Moscow's release of Marc Fogel, the Kremlin said.

The funding would be a nearly threefold increase from what the federal government is spending on both the Border Patrol and ...

During his State of the State address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform an emergency item, allowing the legislature to prioritize it immediately.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has called on the state legislature to seal certain eviction records. Shapiro didn't provide ...