Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a bill providing ...

This is a win for working families, keeping West Texans in their homes, grandparents in the neighborhoods they love, and kids ...

Although it doesn’t include as many spending cuts as he’d like, U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Moran says the “Big Beautiful Bill” is a ...

Lawmakers celebrated a host of policy wins as the session ended this week, including private school vouchers, teacher pay ...

Big tech giants and industrial users demand grid reliability to power their production, data centers and factories, yet they ...

The House and Senate had disagreed over one key issue: pensions for state lawmakers, which are tied to judges' salaries.

Staff writers Philip Jankowski, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Nolan McCaskill and Aaron Torres contributed to this report.

This legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott made property tax relief an emergency item for the legislature to pass.

The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has ...

Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce further relief.

The end of the Texas legislative session brings changes that impact public schools, property tax relief, criminal justice, abortion and more.

Money for water systems, a boost in public school spending and school vouchers are other highlights of the budget, which was ...