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Terry County at a crossroads over jail funding
A Views and Opinions piece argues Terry County faces tax increases to fund a larger jail as oil revenue declines. It outlines prison population growth, new felony classifications, and rising costs from leasing beds, weighing options for a 48 or 96 bed jail, with calls for reader letters to weigh in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry County
Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Texas Supreme Court
Brad Reynolds
Bullock
Reynolds
High Court
Pete Laney
D-Hale Center
Donald Evans
Midland Oil and Gas Company
George W. Bush
Bush
Texas
Nancy Brinker
Dallas
Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Austin
Jack Martin
Jeanne Johnson Phillips
Lee Arrington
Terry Co
North Panhandle
National Guard
Brownfield
Terry and Yoakum Soil and Water Conversation Districts
South Plains Water District
Terry Co. Extension Service
Terry Ag. Leadership Institute
Floy Lilley
J.D
Murchinson
Free Enterprise
U.T. At Austin
Rush Limbaugh
TDH