Hays CISD bond packages UPDATE: A new high school, two new elementary schools and improvements across Hays CISD were given the green light after voters approved a pair of propositions Saturday. According to unofficial, final results, Proposition 1, which called for $189 million for three new campuse...

Protections that help preserve heritage trees in cities such as Buda could go by the wayside if legislation makes its way through the Texas Senate. As city leaders keep an eye on Senate Bill 782, authored by State Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), Buda Planning and Zoning Commissioners are forw...

HB 4122 Author – Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) What: Bill would allow the owner of a parcel of land greater than 1,000 acres and included in the jurisdiction of two or more groundwater districts to petition to transfer their entire parcel of land into a single district. Status – In committee: HB 41...

A decrease in the number of traffic stops over the course of 12 months highlighted the Kyle Police Department’s annual racial profiling statistics, which were made public earlier this year. Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Department chief, said the decrease is attributed to reassigning patrol officers bac...

Potential legislation requiring larger cities to wholesale water and wastewater to smaller municipalities upon request could be one of the last keys unlocking a proposed 530-acre mixed-use development bridging the Hays and Travis County lines.  But opponents of House Bill 2959, authored by State Rep...

With her business situated near the oddly shaped FM 3237 and FM 150 intersection, Hays City Store owner Tamara Tindol has seen her share of minor fender-benders take place. But with a proposal to potentially install a roundabout at the intersection, Tindol said it could not only make traffic safer, ...

A Hays County Sheriff's Office investigation into the death of a 17-year-old Hays High senior is ongoing as authorities continue to determine a cause, according to a Hays CISD press release. District officials were notified late Friday of the death of Xavier Jacaman, 17, who was a member of the Clas...

The path toward fixing potential voting problems began after Hays County officials set the ground rules for a citizens’ committee tasked with identifying updated voting equipment. The move came after Hays County officials held a public meeting March 30 to address voting issues that led to nearly 1,8...

An ad valorem tax exemption used by communities to potentially spur economic development was given the green light from Hays CISD leaders late last month. By a 6-0 vote with one abstention March 27, the Hays CISD board of trustees approved implementing the Freeport exemption, which is a form of prop...

A potential roundabout at the FM 150 and FM 3237 intersection near Driftwood could be considered within a character plan aimed at revamping the stretch of road between Kyle and Dripping Springs. The proposed roundabout was part of an update on the plan given to the Hays County Commissioners Court ea...