Hays County Judge Millie Thompson bars judges, staff from her office
As a newly elected Hays County Court-at-Law judge has been settling into her role, some attorneys say they're concerned that her unusually defensive actions might be affecting a docket already facing pandemic-related challenges. In her first month on the bench, County Court-at-Law No. 3 Judge Millie Thompson, a Democrat, has issued a criminal trespass warning to the judges she works with and their staffers, hired a private locksmith to change the locks at her office at the Hays County government center, and recused herself from several local attorneys' cases. She issued a cease and de...