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  • Why is Gatesville’s sales tax check jumping more than 16%?
  • How did Gatesville become home to Texas’ women’s death row?

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📰 News we're reading

• State sales tax allocations send more mixed economic signals for Central Texas (kdhnews.com) — Gatesville is set to receive $280,514 in December sales tax allocations, reflecting a 16.32% year-over-year increase and signaling solid local spending. The article compares these gains with other Central Texas cities and counties, highlighting mixed economic signals across Bell, Coryell, and Milam counties based on October sales activity.
   

• Texas Is The Deadliest State For Murderers (kfyo.com) — Women sentenced to death in Texas are housed at the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, while male death row inmates are kept in Livingston and executions occur in Huntsville. The piece explains how Texas leads the nation in executions, outlines where death row is located, and briefly describes changes in execution methods over time.
   

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  • Sales tax growth continues for some Waco-area cities, others see drops (star-telegram.com)

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