With the combined tax rate compression and increased homestead exemption, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick estimated it would cost about $32.2 billion for the state. Last session, Texas lawmakers passed and ...

Senate Bill 4 has passed and heads to the House now, promising an increased homestead exemption for Texas property taxpayers.

Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. South Plains ...