By Anita Miller

Whether it was “too early” or not, the reopening of the Texas economy in May has lead to healthy sales tax rebates for a number of Hays County communities — though that trend didn’t prevail throughout the state.

Here’s the city by city breakdown (all annual percent increases are YTD compared to 2019):

• Buda: July allocation is $656,105.70, up 2.86% from a year ago. So far this year, Buda has been allocated $4,670,643.90, an increase of 9.28% .

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