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 declared bail reform as one of his emergency items for the 89th legislative session. During his state of the ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott backs sports betting in Texas, potentially boosting the state's presence in the gambling industry, launching in the coming months.

Texas Governor Abbott's Operation Lone Star reports over 531,100 immigrant apprehensions and significant drug seizures.

In the latest of his many attempts to curb Texas' high property taxes, Republican Governor Greg Abbott wants to give the ...

Local officials, school advocates and tax policy experts said such a proposal could have dire impacts on basic services.

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

Gov. Greg Abbott, who has urged congressional leaders to pay the state, is set to visit Capitol Hill Wednesday.