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SALES TAX REPORT: San Benito sees 3 percent spike for second consecutive month

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com For the second consecutive month, San Benito saw positive sales tax gains in the form of a 3.25 percent increase. According to data reported by the Texas Comptroller’s Office, which tracks and reports sales tax information two months prior, San Benito collected $312,052.90 during the month of July – …

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SALES TAX REPORT: San Benito sees 3% sales tax surge in June

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito showed a 3.47 percent increase in sales tax collections generated in the month of June, according to Texas Comptroller’s Office records. Specifically, San Benito pulled in $346,363.43 in sales tax receipts this June – up from the $334,736.21 collected at the same time last year. The increase …

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SALES TAX REPORT: May collections drop more than 4% in San Benito

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com May produced a 4.21 percent decrease in sales tax collections for San Benito after the city generated a 4.62 percent increase in April. According to the Texas Comptroller’s Office, San Benito collected $290,956.98 in May, which is less than the $303,763.30 reported at the same time last year. Year-to-date, …

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SALES TAX REPORT: San Benito’s April collections show 4% spike

NEWS Staff Report San Benito’s sales tax collections in the month of April experienced a 4.62 percent increase compared to the year prior – this after experiencing a slight decline in receipts in March. According to sales tax figures reported by the Texas Comptroller’s Office, San Benito collected $319,387.53 in April, which is up from …

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SALES TAX REPORT: March report shows sales tax collections continue to decline in San Benito

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NEWS Staff Report A 1.73 percent drop in San Benito’s March sales tax collections represents one of four occurrences in which Cameron County communities also experienced a loss. Sales tax figures recently reported by the Texas Comptroller’s Office show that San Benito’s collections decreased from $379,144.76 in March 2013 to $372,574.06 in March of this …

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Spring Breaker suffers second degree burns in car fire

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – At least one person believed to be a Spring Breaker traveling from South Padre Island has been hospitalized after sustaining second degree burns in a car fire on Sunday. Los Fresnos City Administrator Mark Milam, who also serves as the Los Fresnos Police Department public …

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San Benito among few Valley cities to post no sales tax gains

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito is one of only a few cities in the Rio Grande Valley that did not post retail sales tax gains during 2013—this according to the Texas Comptroller’s office. In 2012, San Benito collected $3.85 million in sales tax revenue but fell to $3.84 million the following year. …

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Driver in deadly collision faces multiple charges

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – The lone survivor of a head-on collision that claimed five lives now faces as many charges in relation to the deaths. McAllen resident Margaret Gil, 32, has been arrested and charged with five counts of criminal negligent homicide in relation to the June 30 crash that …

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Teen injured in DWI wreck dies

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – One life is gone and another changed forever after a teenager involved in a car accident during Spring Break on the Island succumbed to his injuries Wednesday night. Sixteen-year-old Alex Soto, a junior at Los Fresnos High School, died from injuries sustained in a DWI wreck …

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Mayor: City may consider water restrictions

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com As the Laguna Madre Water District implements consumption restrictions for the communities it serves, including Port Isabel, South Padre Island and Laguna Vista, San Benito officials are contemplating taking similar measures. According to a press release from the Laguna Madre Water District, it initiated Stage 2 Water Shortage …

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