Presentation slide shown at council meeting highlighting commercial development conditions in Murphy. In the annual report on Murphy’s economic development, Reagan Rothenberger said Murphy’s population was estimated at 22,866 people with an average household income of...
Taxpayers would save more than a nickel per $100 valuation next year under a proposed tax rate adopted by the Murphy City Council. Councilmembers passed a resolution at their Tuesday, Aug. 15, meeting that would set the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 tax rate at 41 cents and...
The Murphy City Council is looking for a new city manager after unanimously accepting the resignation of Mike Castro. No reason was given. A special meeting called Friday, Aug. 11, lasted 17 minutes behind closed doors and less than four minutes in public. To...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has granted a permit for a wastewater treatment plant that would serve a new housing subdivision proposed to be built between Parker and Murphy.At a hearing Wednesday, Aug. 16, the commission approved the developers’...
Voluntary Conservation Notice Effective Thursday, August 17 from 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) is echoing a notice from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use, if safe to...
Collin County Commissioners Court on Monday, Aug. 14, voted to call an election set for Nov. 7 on a comprehensive $683 million bond issue that seeks to address several issues within the county. Commissioners, at their previous regular meeting Monday, Aug. 7, approved...
Many school districts were scrambling to comply with a new state law requiring at least one security officer with a gun at every campus during regular school hours. The measure was a direct response to the worst school massacre in Texas history, the May 2022 fatal...
Texas voters will decide in November whether to accept $18 billion in tax relief proposed in a constitutional amendment. If approved by a simple majority of voters, Proposition 4 (Prop. 4) on the Nov. 7 ballot would implement Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) sponsored by Sen....
It may sound like a prank, but government scientists are asking residents of six states to mail them dead bugs. The citizen science project is seeking butterflies and similar winged insects found in Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. To Login to...
