As the short-term rental (STR) debate officially hit the Kyle City Council dais Feb. 19, city leaders are hoping to strike a deal with platforms such as Airbnb in order to generate revenue off of them. Currently, 161 STR operate within Kyle’s city limits, according to city data. In 2011, there was o...

With 95 percent of the project design complete for the Main Street at RM 967 improvement project, Buda officials are preparing for the long road ahead.  Part of the city’s strategic plan, in conjunction with the Main Street Program, is to protect the downtown businesses during the construction by ho...

Undocumented residents in the Texas workforce have made a substantial impact on the economic success of the state, according to data from a new WalletHub study. WalletHub, ranks Texas 12th out of the 50 states and Washington D.C. in economic impact from undocumented workers. Experts attribute Texas’...

A proposed amendment to an existing agreement between Mountain City and developers of the Anthem subdivision could alter the scope of the project. Following the city of Austin’s purchase of 250 acres of the Anthem property, developer Clark Wilson seeks to reduce the number of homes in the subdivisio...

While starting up in the restaurant business is a daunting task, growing trends in the food truck market are giving entrepreneurs a different way to start their business.  However, buying into the food truck trend also means owners must comply with a myriad of city and county regulations, which can ...

T he outdoor rotunda of Texas’ state capitol extension was a construction zone Jan. 29 as Habitat for Humanity started the process of building a house meant for a Hurricane Harvey survivor. The build encompassed many who passed through the extension, including local lawmakers such as State Rep. Erin...

On Jan. 31, St. David’s Healthcare held the ribbon cutting for its new Emergency Center in Buda. The new facility, located along the southbound access road of Interstate 35, serves as an extension of St. David’s South Austin, a Level II trauma center. St. David’s Buda location is open 24 hours a day...

To say the financial markets were a bit bumpy in 2018 may be an understatement. The S&P 500 was down 6.2 percent for the year, the first time this key index fell since 2008, during the financial crisis. So what can you anticipate in 2019? And what investment moves should you make?Let’s review the ca...

As the world draws closer together in the Internet age, worries about the security of data shared over the web is growing. Recent data breaches that have impacted companies such as Equifax has compromised the data of millions. Locally, experts in computer science and cybersecurity urge residents to ...

Jane Nelson, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, on Jan. 22 said she would follow an aggressive agenda to deliver a budget ready for floor debate by the end of February. “There are a lot of things this committee and the full Senate will decide to add, subtract, change, before we actually recommen...