Seven million dollars is how much over budget the voter-approved project to expand and renovate the Hays County’s public safety facilities, including its jail, is. As a result of the overrun, Hays County Commissioners took no action Tuesday on accepting or declining the proposed guaranteed maximum p...

Over $126,000 in technology equipment for Buda’s new municipal facility was given the green light by Buda city leaders Aug. 1. The unanimous vote from the Buda City Council came after officials tabled discussion in July to revise the list of equipment needed for the new facility, as well as send out...

Within six short months, construction crews with JE Dunn have made progress on Buda’s new municipal building and library located along north Main Street. The facility, approved by voters as Proposition 1 in the 2014 bond, is expected to be complete by April 2018. Work also continues to progress on t...

Overages in audio and visual equipment in the municipal building and an evidence outbuilding for the Buda Police Department led city leaders to amend the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for its new city hall, library and public safety building. The amendment, approved by a unanimous vote, brings the ...

Two years after voters approved a proposition calling for a new municipal building and safety complex, Buda residents and officials are starting to see results.  Last month, construction crews began installing steel columns and beams for the safety complex, while concrete slabs have been poured for ...

Action taken earlier this month allowed Buda to officially cut ties with ECM International, a professional project management firm which oversaw Propositions 1 and 2 of the 2014 Buda Bond projects. Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the decision came after weeks of deliberation by council members behind clos...

By Jeff Barton There’s a strong correlation between how you see the future of the country and where you live in a divided Hays County.      Along the Interstate 35 corridor and, especially, in the voting precincts east of the highway or around the college in San Marcos, most people voted for Hillary...

Props 1 & 2 pass As Americans were glued to Tuesday’s stunning presidential election results, those in Hays County gave the green light for a pair of bond propositions that total $237 million.  According to unofficial, final results on the Hays County website, Proposition 2, which called for $131 mi...

The landscape of selling, serving and consuming alcohol in Buda took a dramatic turn in 2015 as a new liquor law allowing for the later sale of libations was approved by voters in November. Voters passed the legislation, Proposition 1, by 58 percent of vote on Nov. 3. The vote allows for business ow...

Buda voters approve later hours for alcohol sales Buda voters on Tuesday gave their approval for a proposition that will allow mixed beverage late hours permit holders the ability to serve and sell alcohol until 2 a.m. Proposition 1, the referendum for extending alcohol sale hours, passed on Electio...