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$10B property tax cut deal in sight as Texas House OKs larger tax breaks for homeowners

By Hannah Norton

Texas lawmakers are on track to reduce property taxes for homeowners and businesses after a pair of bills were greenlit by the House on May 20.

Students on their cellphones
Texas Senate committee considers bill banning cellphone ...
Texas capitol
Texas House set to take up 'parental ...
Rep. John Smithee, center, speaks with Texas House members
Texas House lawmakers OK bills that would ...
Cannabis plants at a Texas Original facility.
Texas House approves expansion of state’s medical cannabis program
Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, speaks during a Jan. 28 hearing of the Texas Senate Education Committee.
Texas Senate panel unveils amended version of $8B school finance proposal
The inside of the Texas Capitol dome.
Texas lawmakers advance separate plans to eliminate STAAR test, adjust A-F system
Paul Bettencourt
Texas Senate passes bill targeting tax-funded financing structures like Austin's Project Connect
Construction workers prepare one of the server rooms inside Sabey Data Centers in Round Rock.
Texas lawmakers look to strengthen power grid amid data center growth
Kindergarten Teacher Bailey Webster works with students at Heritage Elementary School on the first day of school.
Texas House bill seeks to improve reading, math skills for young students
Austin development
Texas lawmakers move to shift zoning power away from neighbors
The Texas Capitol in 2023.
Texas Senate panel considers bill that would dissolve state lottery
Gov. Greg Abbott smiles after signing Senate Bill 2, which will create a state-run education savings account program, during a May 3 event at the governor's mansion in Austin. (Hannah Norton/Community Impact)
Gov. Abbott signs $1B education savings account bill; program to launch in 2026
a group of people stand behind a podium on the Texas House floor
Texas House moves to create $3B state-run dementia prevention, research institute