Here's when Texas property taxes are due and how you can lower them

Property taxes in Texas generate nearly half the total tax revenue statewide and help fund local public schools and services.
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Patrick wants to increase homestead exemption for Texas school property taxes again

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has unveiled a plan to drive down property taxes by further hiking the amount of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools and lowering the age at which Texans ...