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COVID-19 impact reflected in April sales taxes

6 years ago By News Staff

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems, and special-purpose taxing districts $701.8 million in local sales tax allocations for April, 0.5 percent less than in April 2019.

As oil price crisis grips the globe, small Texas producers feel the ripple effects

6 years ago By Mitchell Ferman In The Texas Tribune

For decades in the tiny Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, John Bozeman has bought oil and gas wells from companies and says he operated them for a lower cost and with better efficiency.

Is ‘managed depletion’ a terminal diagnosis for Ogallala Aquifer?

6 years ago By Jim Steiert For The Ogallala Commons Blog

A terminal diagnosis awaits the High Plains in seeing “managed depletion” as the only future for the Ogallala Aquifer. A threeperson panel of Texas Panhandle residents took a much broader view of the region’s water future at the recent Southern Plains Conference last month in Canyon.

Hemphill County 2020 Beef Cattle Conference rescheduled to Sept. 1-2

6 years ago By News Staff

Hemphill County’s 2020 Beef Cattle Conference show will go on—just a few months later than expected.

Plains Land Bank distributes record $8.5 million to borrowers

6 years ago By News Staff

AMARILLO—Plains Land Bank has good news for its customers. It will distribute a record $8.5 million in cash patronage to its stockholders in April. The rural lending cooperative declared the patronage distribution based on its strong financial results in 2019.

Texas businesses must file property tax renditions by April 15

6 years ago By News Staff

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds business owners that for many property types, April 15 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply for certain regulated property.

Texas unemployment rate headed toward double digits

6 years ago By Mitchell Ferman In The Texas Tribune

The unemployment rate in Texas is around 9 percent—up from the state’s recent recordlow rate of 3.5 percent in January—as the coronavirus spreads, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Thursday.

SBA to provide emergency small-business loans in Texas

6 years ago By News Staff

Gov. Abbott announced approval last week of emergency designation for smallbusiness disaster loans.

2020 Beef Cattle Conference delayed due to COVID-19

6 years ago By News Staff

Hemphill County A&M AgriLife Extension Agent Andy Holloway finally called calf rope late last week, announcing reluctantly that this year’s beef cattle conference, slated for April 28-29, would have to be posponed.

Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Beef Conference

USDA office open for business by phone appointment only

6 years ago By News Staff

U.S. Department of Agriculture service centers are encouraging visitors to take proactive protective measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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