In the 2025 election, Texas voters approved Proposition 13, which increased the homestead tax exemption for school districts ...

“I have grave concerns that municipalities across Texas have blatantly violated the law in an attempt to crank up people’s property taxes,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. Recently adopted ...

Voters in some North Texas school districts are asking residents to approve new property tax rate increases. The districts holding what's called Voter Approved Tax Rate Elections or VATRE, include: ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has proposed a series of property tax changes for people living in the state. Speaking during an event launching his reelection campaign on Sunday, Abbott, a Republican, ...

Hays voters overwhelmingly rejected a 12-cent property tax rate increase that would have pumped $26.2 million into the district’s depleted emergency fund — money district officials said was needed to ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is looking to roll back the ability for cities and counties to raise property tax rates to fund disaster recovery. Senate Bill 10 seeks to limit the ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced the launch of his reelection campaign in Houston this past Sunday evening. Bringing school choice to Texas was the dominant policy proposal on which Abbott’s ...