The Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch asked our two candidates for State Representative District 45, Carrie Isaac and Erin Zwiener. Carrie Isaac did not respond to the questionnaire. Erin Zwiener State Rep. #45 Q: How would you rate the state’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis? A: The state’s handling of...

by Chase Rogers The Hays County League of Women Voters chapter held a virtual forum for candidates vying for a position on the Dripping Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees Oct. 1, discussing school district’s growth, COVID-19 mitigation and school funding. Their terms originally sl...

David Junkin Republian inumbent 453 Judicial District Judge HFP: What is the biggest issue facing Hays County district courts and how would you work to resolve it? Junkin : The backlog of cases.  About 2/3 of cases filed or re-activated yearly are civil/family cases that make up the vast majority of...

(photo by David White) by Jim Camp This 2020 election offers “Hays Co. Proposition A”: an opportunity for voters to create new parks, protect open spaces, and preserve natural areas.   At haysparksforpeople.com you can find out more about this bond for sixteen parks and open space projects. By votin...

KYLE, TEXAS – The City of Kyle invites the community and the media to attend a socially-distanced open house this Thursday, Oct. 8, to learn more about Proposition A — the 2020 Bond Election for a Public Safety Center. This will be a hybrid event, with the option to join in-person at City Hall, 100 ...

By Anita Miller KYLE — If you want to keep it, don’t keep it in your vehicle Illustration courtesy of the Kyle Police Department That was the bottom line of a warning issued by Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett Saturday morning in the wake of dozens of car burglaries and a handful of arrests that occur...

Staff report The man responsible for the death of Kyle resident Yuridia Amaya Espinoza-Nava in 2019 plead guilty to her murder this week and was sentenced to 33 years in prison —exactly the number of years Espinoza-Nava had been alive when he killed her with a knife and buried her body in the woods ...

Staff Report The League of Women Voters (LWV) and the League of United Latin American Citizens   (LULAC), along with two individual voters, have joined the ranks of those filing lawsuits against Gov. Greg Abbott following his proclamation earlier this week limiting the number of places that absentee...

SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will host an online seminar, "Graphs, Geometry and Gerrymandering: Mathematics of Political Districting," 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required at Free Registration . The focus of this event is a co...

SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will launch its annual “Step Up for State” online fundraising event at 8 a.m. October 7, to support mission-critical projects for the university. The campaign will last 1,899 minutes—corresponding with the university’s 1899 founding—and conclude at 3:39 p.m. Octob...