DRIPPING SPRINGS — The city of Dripping Springs is releasing 14 properties from its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). At its Jan. 16 regular meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the release of the properties — residential and commercial — from the ETJ. This comes after ...

BUDA — Buda City Council voted on Tuesday, Sept. 19 to contest a recent petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the formation of a municipal utility district (MUD) that would serve the proposed Persimmon residential development adjacent to RM 967. The motion — made by co...

Miscommunication between Kyle city leaders and city staff has resulted in a recently failed agenda item to potentially make a return to the city council dais.  The item in question centers on conflicting subdivision standards in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Howard Koontz, Kyle com...

A local state representative is calling for fundamental reform of the state’s standardized testing system after the “litany of errors” he claims plagued the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in 2016.  State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) called for reform in a press rel...

Staff report    A local state representative is calling for fundamental reform of the state’s standardized testing system after the “litany of errors” he claims plagued the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in 2016.  State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) called for refor...