Roark, Murphy announce city council bids
More than two months before the start of filing for the November 2013, two candidates on Monday announced their bids for San Marcos City Council within hours of each other.
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House gives final OK to craft brewing overhaul
Sweeping changes to the Texas craft brewing industry easily won final approval in the House on Monday afternoon. The legislation now moves to the governor’s desk.
Commentary: Time for San Marcos CISD to embrace ‘Trustee TV’
In this guest commentary, two city council members make the extraordinarily rare move of publicly urging their counterparts on the San Marcos CISD board of trustees to start televising their meetings.
Central Texas water fight could have statewide implications
The Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District on Wednesday heard from a coalition of residents and businesses opposed to new water permitting. The dispute, some say, foreshadows fights the rest of the state will face in the future.
Casey’s Sessom Drive landmark survives first P&Z hearing
Darren Casey’s latest attempt to win city support for a bar-raising luxury retail and residential complex on the northern edge of Texas State University averted sudden death at the San Marcos Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday.
Video: Former mayor candidate arrested at City Hall
Former San Marcos mayor candidate Thom Prentice was arrested at San Marcos City Hall this evening after twice creating disturbances that forced Planning & Zoning commission to recess their meeting.
Commentary: Making ‘yes’ really matter
JOHN McGLOTHIN writes, “bond elections have marked peaks in community interest in the schools, but the interest has always waned before we see the real change we need in local education. This is because new buildings do not address the real problem in the district – student poverty.”
Amendments to Needmore MUD bill answer critics concerns, Isaac says
If the former O’Quinn Ranch is ever developed under pending municipal utility district, its developer will ostensibly be prohibited from using water from the Trinity or Edwards aquifers and will be required to build a wastewater treatment plant under amendments approved by both the Texas House and Senate on Friday.
San Marcos, Wimberley voters OK school bonds, Kyle goes for roads
May 11 election returns for San Marcos, Hays, Wimberley and Dripping Springs school districts in addition to road bonds and a council election in the city of Kyle.
Audio: Jobs talk puts Latino unemployment rate in spotlight
President Obama’s visit to Austin on Thursday has again highlighted Texas’ economic growth. But the renewed focus on the “Texas miracle” has also underscored a persistent concern in the state: higher rates of unemployment among Hispanics.
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