Despite the strong public support for legalizing cannabis, Texas lawmakers have been slow to act on these issues. The state’s ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has vowed to pass a “school choice” law this session in response to public statements from President Donald Trump.

Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send ...

The Department of Homeland Security asked the Treasury Secretary to deputize IRS criminal investigators to assist in immigration enforcement ...

Most red states are looking to reduce property tax burdens, which have increased along with home values. Finding ways of replacing lost revenues for locals remains a challenge.

Gov. Abbott seeks a two-thirds voter approval for Texas tax hikes, impacting local government fiscal autonomy and potentially ...

Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency priority list includes “life-changing career training" high school programs, with the goal of getting 60 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds to obtain a postsecondary degree or ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, in his bid to curb Texas’ high property taxes, wants Texas voters to have the final say on any property tax hike.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn gives President Donald Trump an A grade, a full-on embrace that has implications for the senator’s ...

An appeals court Texas launched in September to hear complex business matters and litigation involving the state instead is ...