County Commission passes budget with new property tax rate

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 30, 2026 6:02 AM CT | Published: June 29, 2026 11:37 PM CT

Shelby County commissioners used extra decimal places Monday, June 29, in setting a new county property tax rate.

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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