Texas Senate unveils property tax cut package to benefit homeowners, seniors
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveiled a property tax relief package Tuesday showing a continued divide between the leader of the Senate and House Speaker Dade Phelan on how Texas should spend a historic budget surplus to cut tax bills.
Read More‘It’s a joke’: Austin resident reacts to property tax cut proposals
Property taxes are complicated, but Texas homeowners say they’re too high and are begging for relief. State lawmakers promised to help, but they’re split over the best way to lower them.
Read MoreTexas House plans to pass ‘largest property tax decrease ever,’ Speaker Dade Phelan says
The Texas House will diverge from the Senate and pass a sweeping property-tax relief package this session that includes businesses, not just homeowners, Speaker Dade Phelan said Thursday.
Read MoreLeaders of Texas Legislature set battle lines over property tax relief
The elected leaders of the Texas House and Senate on Thursday slammed each other’s competing proposals for reining in property taxes, establishing an early rift between the two chambers over how to deliver the relief and who should receive it.
Read MoreTexas House’s property tax bill calls for $17 billion in cuts, tighter appraisal cap
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s proposal reveals the different roads the Texas House and Senate want to take on property taxes — and the fight that might emerge between the two chambers this session.
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