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New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.

Texas cities and counties have already had their budgets compressed by a variety of factors, including the state's current property tax limits.

The bill is moving quickly through Congress and could reshape life for millions of Texans.

Roy blasted Senators for increasing deficit spending to pay for tax cuts.

The GOP tax and spending bill raises the child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,200, adjusts it annually for inflation, and enshrines it permanently into U.S. tax code. However, another provision requires that the child and both parents all have Social Security numbers.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt praised 2025 legislative session outcomes.

Advocates for people who are homeless say eliminating the credit will mean it's harder to find affordable places to live. Lawmakers say when they passed the tax credits in 2022, they didn’t realize how much they would cost.

Lawmakers promised major property tax cuts this year, but they're running out of time. The Kansas House and Senate are at odds on how to do it.

Next step will be action in the state House, where budget writers have different plans for distributing property tax help.

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