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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 Services (NDS), a pioneer in holistic defense in the United States, and outlines a plan for a holistic Pu...

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 go through the same process that governmental entities follow for roads and powerlines. A public ro...

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.  Precinct 333 which had approximately 4,111 registered voters and Precinct 449 which had around 4,755, not ...

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-Gonzales absent. Kennedy said the declaration can be rescinded at any time by an action of the court. In ...

Elizabeth: thanks for joining us. welcome to "america's news hq." i'm elizabeth crane in atlanta. leland: great to see you at home. i'm 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. caroline shively here with us has been digging through this and you say this is both a bombshell insert...