The X post claiming the Texas Legislature is "jerking around" Texas was swiftly rebuked by Sen. Paul Bettencourt.

I make that audacious claim because of his work on property tax legislation — work that affects every property owner in the state. Pre-Bettencourt, I always showed how to lower your property tax by ...

Senate Bill 4 by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican, would change the state’s homestead exemption, which reduces how much of a home’s value can be taxed to pay for public ...

Senate Bill 4, also by Bettencourt, would boost the exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 if authorized by voters. That bill has not yet received a committee hearing in the House.

The author of SB 4, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, estimated that increasing the homestead exemption will save 5.7 million homeowners $484 a year. Lawmakers previously increased the homestead ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A plan to cut property taxes for senior citizens and disabled Texans is moving forward at the State Capitol. The Texas Senate voted 30-1 Wednesday to approve Senate Bill 23 ...

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate have brokered a deal on how to lower Texans’ property taxes, tax-cut proponents from each chamber said Monday.

State lawmakers have reached a deal on how to allocate more than $3 billion in new property tax relief, with the bulk of the cuts set to benefit homeowners. The agreement, revealed in Senate and ...