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Tax decrease for average homeowner in Lubbock County proposed budget (opens the original)
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The average Lubbock County homeowner will see a decrease in property tax owed to the county, under the proposed budget. According to a notice on the county website, the commissioner’s court is proposing to adopt the no-new-revenue rate of 32.2782 cents per $100 valuation. Figures provided by the county show the average homestead’s taxable value across the county decreased roughly two percent, from $233,528 last year to $228,404 this year. Last year the tax on the average
Floydada VFD says wildfire response was slowed by vehicles tailgating, refusing to let them pass (opens the original)
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Crews battled a wildfire in Floyd and Cottle counties, northeast of Lubbock, Friday. Additional fires were reported farther north across the Texas Panhandle. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the Cedar Hill fire was 95 percent contained as of late Friday. Its size was estimated at 321 acres. The fire burned near the community of Cedar Hill, along FM 97 in northeast Floyd County. But the Floydada Volunteer Fire Department said their response to the fire was delaye
Another strong month for sales tax revenue in Lubbock (opens the original)
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Sales tax revenue the city of Lubbock is receiving this month is up nearly 17 percent compared to the payment received a year ago. This money comes from taxes paid on sales made in June at businesses that report taxes monthly, and sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers. Texas Comptroller Don Huffines’s office will send Lubbock $11,096,151.20. This is 16.96 percent higher than the payment received in August 2025. The year-to-date total Lubbock has received i
Lubbock council continues budget work, sets tax ceiling (opens the original)
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock City Council set a property tax rate ceiling, the maximum it could later approve, during its meeting Tuesday. This is a procedural step taken during each summer’s budget work, ahead of the council adopting a budget and supporting tax rate. Mayor McBrayer thanked City Manager Jarrett Atkinson for the “extremely difficult and long process” of preparing budget proposals to council. Now, he said it is time for the council to determine priorities after reviewing th
Sales tax revenue from May sales up in Lubbock, across Texas (opens the original)
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Sales tax revenue being sent to the city of Lubbock for sales made in May is up compared to a year ago, as is the year-to-date tally. The latest report from Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock also shows an upward trend statewide. The report released Wednesday is for revenue being sent to cities and other local governments in July, generated from May sales by businesses that report tax monthly. Lubbock will receive $8,944,843.18, which is up 5.23 percent compared to the paym
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