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Map showing Texas counties' adopted tax rates in 2024. John Lomax V Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo recently floated holding a tax rate election to help bridge a projected $270 million budget gap.

According to NWS Lubbock, Texas has 32 counties under a tornado watch set to expire at 10 p.m. as on 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. ... Local maps; Cell phone with chargers and a backup battery; ...

A county commissioner in Denton County, Texas, is in the hospital and her husband is dead after a stabbing attack by the victims' grandson, local police said Monday. Police in Lewisville — a ...

Of the 254 counties in Texas, 188 saw an increase in population since July 2023, while 65 had a population decline. King County, east of Lubbock, had no change.

DALLAS — Texas is adding residents at a slower clip than in previous years, but many parts of the state are still booming. Kaufman County, just east of Dallas, was the fastest-growing county in ...

Just draw a horizontal line from tiny Farwell (population 1,359), the seat of Parmer County, on the New Mexico border, over to slightly less tiny Childress (population 5,964), the seat of ...

This map from the National Weather Service shows which Texas counties were under blizzard warning (orange), winter storm warning (pink), winter weather advisory (purple), cold weather advisory ...

In Lipscomb County, lows as cold as 10 degrees were predicted. In Fannin County, residents could experience lows as cold as nine degrees. Moving south from central Texas, wind chills would start ...

Schleicher County has the lowest ranking in wealth of any county in Texas, with a median income of $53,774, an investment income of $31,321, and a median home value of $0.

In Texas, 239 of the state’s 254 counties shifted right, an Express-News analysis of Associated Press voting data shows. Ten of the counties that Biden won in 2020 went to Trump this year ...

Donald Trump flipped these Texas counties to help propel presidential victory, maps show By Matt Zdun , Leila Darwiche and Janie Haseman | Nov. 8, 2024 10:00 a.m.