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Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager Brian Platt submitted $1.9 billion as the proposed 2022-23 fiscal year budget on Thursday.

At its May 3 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court submitted a grant application for $1,085,325 to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Improvement Grant Program for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program, generating the request for a Public Defender’s Office. A renewal grant application was also authorized for submission to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the Indigent Defense Coordinator grant project in the amount of $77,292...

Monday, May 3, 2021 The Hays County Commissioners will vote on the long-awaited resolution directing the grant application for holistic public defense to be submitted. If approved, the application would be submitted to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program in the amount of $1,085,325. This grant is intended to fund the first year of the proposed Holistic Public Defender Office and Managed Assigned Cou...

Years in current role:4 What do you enjoy most about your role? I get to help a lot of people. The Monroe County Conflict Defender’s Office, and the attorneys of the Assigned Counsel Program, represent thousands of clients in criminal, Family Court and appellate matters each year. We represent the most vulnerable populations in our society during the worst times in their lives. I am filled with pride every time one of our attorneys helps a client get their children returned to them, gets evid...