Here are a few famous names who knew what it's like to be strapped for cash: 1. Abraham Lincoln His face may now appear on ...

Senior Texans and those with disabilities could see big savings on their property tax bill next year if a Senate proposal ...

Back in 1980, when the state legislature allowed voters to increase homestead exemptions to $50,000 (from what had been a $25,000 exemption), the average cost of a house was $45,000.

State Sen. Jon Bramnick, R-Union, is a candidate for governor, who for some reason known only to himself and his higher power ...

A glass of red or a glass of white — it all depended on Johnson County residents making it around the long trail of the Walker Homestead Farm and Winery. Walker Homestead hosted its first “Sip and ...

Lyndon Dayman lives on his family’s homestead south of Windthorst, and is running under the Future Party banner in Souris-Moose Mountain—one of six candidates vying for the MP position.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — It’s a time-honored April tradition at the Montana Legislature that, as spring ...

And all military veterans would be eligible for a $7,000 exemption, up from $4,000 under current law. Iowans 65 years old and older would be eligible for a $6,500 homestead exemption that exists ...

He draws comparisons to the early days of the Homestead Act, but with a modern twist: instead of land grants, the focus is on critical resources that can fuel industries and protect national security.

Some, like Jones' ancestors, received land patents through the Homestead Act. But they were later taken under eminent domain by the federal government during its dam-building era. Jones and her ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are ...

I'm Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The federal government ....Homestead Act 1862. Even larger numbers purchased ...