Editing Palestine, Texas (section)

==Government==
[[File:Anderson courthouse tx 2010.jpg|thumb|The Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1988 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1992.]]

===Local government===
[[File:Palestine, TX, City Hall IMG 2312.JPG|thumb|City hall]]
According to the city's 2016 audited Annual Financial Report, the city's general fund had $13.1 million in revenues, $14.6 million in expenditures, $3.1 million in total assets, $0.4 million in total liabilities, and $6.7 million in cash in investments across all funds.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cityofpalestinetx.com/ | title=City of Palestine 2016 Audit | access-date=August 26, 2022 | publisher=City of Palestine}}</ref> In addition to the city's general fund, the water treatment plant provides potable water to residents. It operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, treating and pumping an average of 3 million gallons of water per day between Lake Palestine and city residents.  <!-- The plant treats an average of 2.5 million gallons of wastewater per day. -->  The water-distribution system employs 26 lift stations and about 275 miles of water lines; wastewater involves roughly 250 miles of sanitary sewer lines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofpalestinetx.com/default.aspx?name=utilities.home |title=City of Palestine - Palestine Utilities|access-date=  2 September 2016}}</ref>

The current Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine is the fourth building to serve this purpose. C. H. Page and Brothers designed this brick Renaissance Revival brick courthouse, which opened in 1914. Located in downtown Palestine between Fannin and Dechard streets, it was remodeled in the 1980s.<ref name=courthouses/>

===State government===
Palestine is represented in the [[Texas Senate]] by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Robert Nichols (Texas politician)|Robert Nichols]], District 3, and in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] by Republican [[Cody Harris (Texas politician)|Cody Harris]], District 8.

===National government===

At the national level, the two U.S. senators from Texas are Republicans [[John Cornyn]] and [[Ted Cruz]]; Palestine is part of Texas' US Congressional 5th District, currently represented by Republican [[Lance Gooden]].