Election process questioned in Bertram council meeting
Community members had an opportunity to voice
their opinions regarding the process of electing city officials during an open
session at the Bertram council meeting last Tuesday night. Read more... |
Texas unemployment rate holds steady
AUSTIN — The Texas economy added 38,000 seasonally adjusted
nonfarm jobs in August, for a total of 259,500 nonfarm jobs added since last
year. Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 percent
in August. The July rate was revised down from 7.2 to 7.1 percent. The state’s
unemployment rate is down from 8.1 percent a year ago, and below the national
unemployment rate in August of 8.1 percent. Read more... |
Burnet fights to improve its finances
When City of Burnet officials closed the books on Fiscal
Year 2003, the city had a grand total of $37,400 in the bank, a dangerously low
amount that could have resulted in devastation for the city if it had suffered
some sort of destructive natural disaster or emergency. Read more... |
Burnet County taxes going up 6%
Burnet County Commissioners Tuesday adopted a Fiscal Year
2013 budget that was balanced with a six percent tax increase. Read more... |
Flap over county road ‘work’ raises questions
The flare-up that has resulted from an anonymous caller’s
complaint to the county auditor that county personnel and equipment were used
to repair a road in a private subdivision has ruffled the feathers and the
feelings of Burnet County’s commissioners and ignited a lot of talk about
roads.
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County passes 6 percent tax hike
The Burnet County Commissioners Tuesday approved a proposed
budget and tax rate for Fiscal Year 2013 that will result in a six percent
increase in property taxes for county residents.
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Cruz beats Dewhurst in Senate runoff
Former Solicitor General Ted Cruz has defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican Primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
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