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

With the Texas Legislature back in action, the state's notoriously high property taxes are once again driving conversation.

The latest round of bills filed in the Texas Senate bills on a historic $18 billion relief effort approved during the legislature's last session.

Senior homeowners should have cheered the loudest because their homestead exemption will grow to $150,000 if the House ...

The largest exemption in property taxes is headed to the Texas House after it was unanimously approved by the state senate.

For the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have pushed to rein in rising property tax bills. That push culminated ...

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

AUSTIN – It is now in the hands of the Texas House to decide what to do about a new property tax cut plan. The author of the Senate's plan calls it the largest exemption increase in state history.

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

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000. The legislation must win approval from the House next. Audio recording is ...

Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texans are one step closer to seeing larger property tax breaks. On Thursday, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) unanimously with a 30-0 vote. The bill would increase ...