Since then, the court increased the homestead exemption to 20% and adopted rates below the no new revenue rate — the tax rate that would generate the same amount of revenue from properties that were on the tax rolls the previous year.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
Senate Bill 4 raises the homestead exemption for all homeowners from $100,000 to $140,000, while Senate Bill 23 increases it to $200,000 for those who are aged 65 and above or disabled.
Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich.
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Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared.
Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations on the Sea Islands of the lower Atlantic states, including part of north Florida.
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Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
Lung-function testing used race corrections derived from slavery-era plantation medicine, leading to widespread underdiagnosis of serious lung disease in Black patients.
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.
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Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.
For a farmhouse look, go for a more rustic table with natural wood finishes, like the Laurel Ebbert Round Solid Wood Base Dining Table.
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Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Haack will stay in her Newport Beach mansion and Tennessee farmhouse, while Hall retains several vehicles, including a 2021 Bentley Flying Spur V8, a 1982 DeLorean and a Honda CRF motorcycle.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
The dessert station handwash sink remained, but lacked soap.
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