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The Hays County Commissioners Court will hold deliberations regarding the County Court-at-Law No. 3 judicial vacancy during executive session Tuesday.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the resignation of  Court-at-Law No. 3 Judge Millie Thompson.  Thompson, a Democrat who was voted into office in November 2020, resigned on May 12, leaving a handwritten note on her desk stating, “I hereby resign as judge of Hays County Court at Law #3, effective upon receipt of this resignation.” Thompson’s tenure on the bench was tumultuous with disagreements between herself and the other judges and staff personnel. Within the f...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Hays County will soon purchase curbside voting equipment and upgrade its election system software, following approval from the commissioners court Tuesday.  With a unanimous vote during Tuesdays meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved authorizations for the county’s elections administration office to use grant funding from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to purchase Hart Verity Duo Go for curbside voting and to upgrade the Hart Verity Voting Syst...

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...

Hays County Historic Court House. Star file photo The Hays County Commissioners Court provided information regarding future evening and night COVID-19 vaccination sites at its April 27 meeting. The vaccination sites aim to cater to individuals who work during regular hours of the day. The first evening site is scheduled from 5-10 p.m. on April 30 at Sinai Pentecostal Church located at 208 Laredo St. The court also adopted proclamations declaring April 25 to M...

Thursday, April 29, 2021 A Pretrial Services Office and Public Defender is close to becoming a reality in Hays County with a recent recommendation that the commissioners apply for funding.  The Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission voted in its meeting Wednesday to recommend that the commissioners court submit an application for grant funding from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the proposed department and programs.  The proposal comes from Neighborhood Defender Servi...

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 During its Tuesday meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court expressed support of many proposed bills in the 87th regular session of the Texas Legislature, including one that would create a new District Court for the county.  The commissioners await more details of the legislation before writing resolutions of support, but expressed general support of several.  House Bill 37 would establish a public routing process for oil and gas pipelines, requiring companies to...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 The Hays County Commissioners Court approved the creation of two new election precincts during its regular meeting Tuesday. The commissioners court is required to review county election precinct boundaries to keep them in compliance, according to the Texas Election Code, which allows a maximum number of registered voters per precinct of 5,000.  The elections administration office found two precincts between Driftwood and Wimberley to be approaching that maximum.  Precin...

Terra Rivers | Managing Editor On Tuesday, the Hays County Commissioners Court voted to extend the Local Disaster Declaration originally proclaimed on March 15, 2020. According to Mark Kennedy, Legal Counsel for Hays County, the Disaster Declaration was set to expire on December 15. Kennedy said it was up to the court how long the declaration would be extended, but he recommended 60 days. The commissioners voted 4-0 to extend the declaration into February with Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe-Gonza...

Elizabeth: thanks for joining us. welcome to "americas news hq." im elizabeth crane in atlanta. leland: great to see you at home. im leland vittert in washington. we use this word a lot in washington. on shell. this one truly qualifies. new allegations from a former acting dnc chair donna brazile about the 2016 presidential election. excerpts from her new book claim she considered using her position at the dnc to replace hillary clinton as the democratic presidential nominee in september. caroli...