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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.

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Tarrant County Commissioners approved a new electoral map, which will reshape the county’s governing body in favor of Republicans. Commissioners approved the map on ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 along party lines to approve Map 7, finalizing new precinct boundaries after a two-month redistricting process.

On Jan, 23, 2024, this column lauded the fact that readers Irv Smith and his wife, Jane, had visited all 254 Texas county courthouses over the course of 30+ years. Another reader, Russell Bistline ...

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; ...

Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center recently received a $3,000 donation from The Sons of the ...

Six hikers, including five juveniles, visiting Colorado from Texas were rescued last week from a Pueblo County mountain after a nearly 25-hour search “in steep and heavily wooded terrain,&#82… ...

Hurricane Beryl was one of the earliest hurricanes to strike the Texas Gulf Coast in July, but even June has a history with hurricane landfalls.

Jill Tate with the Texas Federation of Republican Women speaks in favor of redrawing Tarrant County's commissioners court maps, addressing Commissioner Matt Krause at a meeting at the Gary Fickes ...

After nearly five hours of public comment and debate between Judge Tim O’Hare and commissioners, a new redistricting map was approved Tuesday afternoon.