Months after voters elected a new House District 45 state representative, a Dripping Springs area resident has already tossed her hat into the ring for the next race in 2020.  Carrie Isaac, the wife of former District 45 Rep. Jason Isaac, announced Friday she will run for the seat occupied by recent...

Local support is growing for proposed legislation that could limit billboards from springing up along scenic routes in the Hill Country. House Bill 1303 is up for consideration within the Texas Legislature’s Transportation Committee, which would prevent billboards and other manmade structures from b...

Local support is growing for proposed legislation that could limit billboards from springing up along scenic routes in the Hill Country. House Bill 1303 is up for consideration within the Texas Legislature’s Transportation Committee, which would prevent billboards and other manmade structures from b...

Buda is reigniting its Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) efforts at the legislative level by supporting a bill meant to ease restrictions on the technology. State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) last week filed House Bill (HB) 1044, which was her first bill authored in the Texas House of Representa...

New groundwater conservation technologies and the possibility of cities providing broadband internet are two legislative items Buda city leaders could seek to advocate in 2019.  On Jan. 16, the Buda City Council approved its list of legislative priorities. The city has partnered with Texas Solutions...

For the first time in roughly a decade, voters in Hays and Blanco counties selected a Democrat as their Texas House representative. Democrat Erin Zwiener, a Hays County resident and educator, defeated Republican Ken Strange Nov. 6 to secure the Texas House District 45 seat. Zwiener becomes the first...

Loosening groundwater rules to allow for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is something Buda officials want the legislature to review. Buda city leaders are making that one priority for its lobbyists to advocate for during the upcoming 86th Legislative session. Among many possible items Buda might ...

Two of the biggest health systems in Texas signed a letter of intent to merge Oct.1, a commitment the companies believe will strengthen healthcare in Central Texas. Baylor Scott and White Health and Memorial Hermann Health System are the two Texas nonprofits that will soon share the same brand. Both...

A 5-1 recommendation to approve a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was handed down by the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Jan. 23, but not without protest. More than 100 people packed into Dripping Springs City Hall for a public hearing on the site development permit, with many ...

UPDATE – 2:46 p.m., Dec. 7  Hays County authorities have formally charged the man suspected of shooting and killing San Marcos Police officer Kenneth Copeland on Dec. 4. Stewart Thomas Mettz has been charged with capital murder of a peace officer, as well as injury to an elderly person, which is a t...