Housing finance corporations can erase an apartment owner’s property tax bill without notice to affected cities or counties, ...

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.

Priority legislation to address the state's affordability crisis passed the Texas Senate and is now headed for the state ...

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

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

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

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

Houston-area communities including Pearland, Atascocita and Conroe have some of the highest property tax rates in the nation.

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 ...

Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas County. Property taxes are one of the three main sources of funding for Texas public schools. The legislature's plan is to use state sales tax and other revenues to pick ...

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 ...