State lawmakers are scrutinizing a program that offers full property tax exemptions in exchange for designating some units for low- or moderate-income residents, with more than 100 Texas House members ...

The lower chamber gave initial approval to its priority property tax plan on Wednesday, which would increase an exemption for businesses from $2,500 to $250,000. Business personal property is any ...

President Donald Trump declared April 2 “Liberation Day” in the United States as he announced tariffs that will be levied against other countries around the world. During a “Make America Wealthy Again ...

Over 160 independent school districts in Texas will pay about $3 billion in recapture this year to try to equalize public school funding across the state. This “Robin Hood” school funding system was ...

What started with one man, Grant Slatton, uploading an AI-generated photo of his family and dog at the beach in the “Ghibli style” created a trend that dominated user feeds of the estimated 650 ...

A proposal to allow Texas schools to install cameras on school buses to target drivers who illegally pass stopped buses is drawing comparisons to red light cameras and concerns over a private vendor ...

The sale, distribution, and consumption of e-cigarette products have sparked a growing conversation about how these products are being marketed and sold. The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee on ...

While other cities in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) region have passed resolutions calling for reduced funding to the transit agency, the City of Dallas passed a resolution last week expressing ...

As I write this, the Senate State Affairs Committee is grilling NetChoice and other tech companies about an app that was available for children 12 and up that contains sexually explicit themes. Sen.

Texas Democratic lawmakers released a joint statement explaining their reasoning for linking arms with Republican colleagues to pass legislation clarifying the state’s abortion laws, citing it as a ...

The Texas House’s first calendar day of the 89th Legislative Session was chock-full of action: votes, amendments, a point of order — and a motion to vacate the chair. When the body gaveled in, state ...

The highly anticipated Texas House Public Education Committee hearing, originally scheduled to address school choice bills on Tuesday morning, has been postponed, and committee substitutes will now ...