SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Congratulations to Emily Gamble on receiving the Don Burson Memorial Herdsman Scholarship at the 2023 Briscoe County Stock Show. FULL EVENT RESULTS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTOS
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can write off of the taxable value of their home before assessment would nearly double under the budget proposed by the Senate on Wednesday.
SB 1, filed by Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Joan Huffman of Houston, would increase the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $70,000 at a cost of $1.8 billion for the state. Another $12 billion ha…
