The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: The City of Abilene is awash in new money but still plans to hit residents with a property tax increase! Where is the morality, or ethics, in that?
- City of Abilene proposes property tax increase on residents
- What is the City of Abilene doing with the data center windfall from sales, property taxes? – from June.
- Abilene leads Texas in hotel revenue growth for 6 quarters
- Data center boom boosts Abilene venue tax revenue
Lubbock County commissioners still plan to save residents from a property tax increase but the county auditor and the county judge are kicking and screaming for a tax increase so they can continue to grow the local bureaucracy.
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Dallas Fed report says the Texas Service Sector “expanded in August” but its headline downplays it with “moderates.” You know it’s near election time because WFAA tried to play it down more with this headline: Is the Texas economy slowing down? What new Dallas Fed data reveals for local workers and consumers. Meanwhile: Manufacturing Boom: Factory Job Openings Soar To Three Year High.
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