August 26, 2025 – During a regular meeting of the Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court on Tuesday, the court ultimately approved the county’s budget for next year as well as lowered the property tax rate by more than 7 cents. Hopkins County auditor, Shannah Aulsbrook, has been working with the commissioner’s court for months on the new budget. Shannah reports that “due to more overall tax collections and the due diligence of the court to keep the next year’s budget constrained, the court was able to lower the tax burden on property owners by more than 17%.” The new tax rate will be lowered from 0.400220 to 0.335617. The vote for the new tax rate was unanimous.
