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Freedom for Sale: The high price of cash bail
Columns, Editorials, Opinions
Down the rabbit hole
Freedom for Sale: The high price of cash bail
By Natalie Frels 
August 16, 2023
I was sitting outside Courtroom Number 9 of the Government Center in San Marcos. Perched on a hard wooden bench, I could feel the sunlight eking its w...
Was it worth it, SCOTUS?
Editorials, Opinions
Was it worth it, SCOTUS?
By Natalie Frels 
July 26, 2023
In 1969, my father graduated high school and was accepted at a local junior college for his freshman year. When it came time to pay for the tuition fo...
Test scores are just a number
Columns, Editorials, Opinions
Test scores are just a number
By Megan Navarro 
April 26, 2023
IT'S NOT ALWAYS SUNNY “You've done all of your homework and studied hard, and you think you have a grip on the material. But then the day of the test ...
Is this what voters wanted in police ‘oversight’ committee?
Editorials, Opinions
Is this what voters wanted in police ‘oversight’ committee?
By Natalie Frels 
April 12, 2023
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE “If there’s no meaning in it,” said the King, “that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any.” —Chapter ...
Transparency at Texas Capitol: A bipartisan effort
Editorials, Opinions
Transparency at Texas Capitol: A bipartisan effort
By Kelley Shannon 
March 29, 2023
To witness bipartisanship at the Texas Capitol, look to the lawmakers who are working to improve open government laws. Legislators from both political...
Naming that unspoken thing we carry
Editorials, Opinions
Naming that unspoken thing we carry
By tecnavia 
March 15, 2023
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE “In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter: and in that direction,” waving the other paw, “li...
How journalism nurtured my inner ‘shy kid’
Editorials, Opinions
How journalism nurtured my inner ‘shy kid’
By By Brittany Anderson brittany@haysfreepress.com 
February 28, 2023
A career in journalism seems like the antithesis for someone who was known for most of their early life as being the “shy kid” — but here I am. Talkin...
Bob and Moe would be proud
Editorials, Opinions
Bob and Moe would be proud
By david.white 
April 13, 2022
By David White I n July of 1993, I was attending Southwest Texas State University trying to find my path in life, when I first walked into the Hays Fr...
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Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024
Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, ...
Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024
The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.
By Staff Report 
October 16, 2024
CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the nex...
November 2024 Election Coverage
Breaking News, Hays County, News
November 2024 Election Coverage
By Staff Report 
November 5, 2024
These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvas...
Pedophile sentenced to life without parole
Hays County, News, San Marcos
Pedophile sentenced to life without parole
By Staff Report 
October 4, 2024
SAN MARCOS — Christopher Lee Head, 36, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4. A...
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