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The House voted unanimously to approve a constitutional amendment to provide an ongoing cost of living adjustment to pensions of two, four or six percent. It would be based on the number of years since a teacher retired.

Keep an eye on your mailbox as 2023 property value notices are being sent out by the Tarrant Appraisal District. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports some homeowners are not happy with what they’re seeing.

Property value notices for Tarrant County property owners were sent out last week by the Tarrant Appraisal District and began arriving at homes on Saturday.

A bill that would ban hairstyle discrimination is one step closer to becoming law.

A bill that would ban hairstyle discrimination is one step closer to becoming law in Texas. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil reports on the CROWN Act’s progress through the Texas Legislature and we hear from the bill’s author from Garland.

Lawmakers in Austin are working on bills that would beef up security at school districts in rural areas where police officer shortages make keeping school safety a real challenge.

House lawmakers in Austin passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow school districts in rural counties to hire extra security for their campuses.

Texas House lawmakers must make decisions about their more than $300 billion bi-annual budget plan. There have already been more than 300 amendments filed and one could give a tell tale sign of where lawmakers stand on school choice.

Texas House Represenatives have filed a bill that would prohibit funding for school vouchers and education saving accounts.

Lawmakers in Austin are one step closer to closing a loophole in state law regarding punishment in certain aggravated assault cases. The Todd-Hogland Act passed the House floor on Wednesday without opposition – named after two women in Erath County who survived brutal attacks by total strangers. “It just seems like yesterday,” said Brandi Todd of Morgan Mill in Erath…

Two women in Erath County, both paralyzed after attacks by total strangers watched as Texas lawmakers passed a bill that would increate the possible sentence for aggravated assault leading to a “permanent vegetative state” or “irreversible paralysis.”

The bill removes the sales tax from period products, diapers, baby wipes, maternity clothing, and breast pump products.

State lawmakers are now considering a bill to ban hair discrimination. The Crown Act, is already legal in more than a third of the states. State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers is hoping Texas will be added to the list.

It was a marathon day in the Texas House Affairs Committee Thursday with a hearing for House Bill 567 and a group of witnesses testifying for it.

A Texas bill limiting the state’s power to impose mask, vaccine mandates is moving forward in the Senate.

Representative Toni Rose (D-Dallas) has filed House Bill 12, to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers.

There is a lot of talk at the Texas Capitol these days about lowering property taxes. And the plans are now on paper as bills have been filed in both the House and the Senate. NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine explains what’s on the table and how much homeowners might save.

With the 88th legislative session underway, Speaker Dade Phelan (R) announced three additional priorities for the Texas House on Monday.

The Texas House will pass a sweeping property-tax relief package this session that includes tighter appraisal caps that apply to all kinds of property, not just homes, Speaker Dade Phelan said Thursday.

State Republican leaders have been promising to use an unprecedented budget surplus to lower local property taxes, but the details of the relief package are not yet ironed out.