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Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties
Data from the Texas Demographic Center shows 75 counties ... cities for conventions. There, she will have more customers in ...
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These are the reddest and bluest counties in Texas, based on recent election results
The base of support for Democrats in the past several cycles has been in large cities ... West Texas and East Texas. A ...
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Texas’ Uneven Population Growth Is Creating Ghost Towns
Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive despite a shift to urban and suburban ...
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Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties
chair of the Lubbock County Historical Commission. “It didn’t, and the town just up and moved to Brownfield.” History is repeating. Modern-day ghost towns are popping up around Texas ...
Amarillo Globe-News4d
A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding
program director for the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas. As the demand for EMS service grows, the old volunteer fire department model for smaller towns concentrated in one or ...
The Texas Tribune6d
A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding
Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune In 2019, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a measure that puts a cap on property tax hikes. Cities and counties cannot raise property taxes beyond that 3.5% cap ...
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Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties
It was the first settlement in Terry County, just southwest of Lubbock in the Texas South Plains. Businesses opened, a cotton gin ushered in agriculture production, and a vote was coming up to ...