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Hays brewery preps for next round in alcohol regs fight

Jester King Craft Brewery is ready to fight again — whether in the Texas Legislature or in court — for the right to sell its products directly to the public.

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Live Feed: Hays County 2012 primary debate

Dozens of candidates for public office are expected at tonight’s San Marcos Area League of Women Voters forum, traditionally the most heavily attended — and most exciting — event each local election cycle.

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Letter: Will Conley the ‘steady hand Hays County needs’

Former State Rep. RICK GREEN says insurgent Republicans will ruin their revolution if they pick “poor leadership simply because we want change.”

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Letter: Sam Brannon ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’ his former pastor says

Editor: I was going to hold my tongue about Sam Brannon because I’m a preacher, not a politician. Before he was asked by me personally to leave, Sam attended Christ the Redeemer Church where I have been pastor since 2005. So I am bound by the law and traditions of pastor-layman confidentiality not to tell [...]

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Hays County gained nearly 1,000 jobs in first quarter

The Hays County economy added 970 jobs in the first quarter of the calendar year and watched its unemployment rate drop to 5.8 percent in March, the lowest since April 2009.

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San Marcos league hosting primary debates May 7

The San Marcos Area League of Women Voters will hold its spring Democratic and Republican primary election candidates forum and debate at 7 p.m. Monday, May 7 at the San Marcos Activity Center.

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Jones strikes back at Wentworth’s ‘puppet’ ad (with video)

Today, Jones’s campaign put out an ad of its own responding to the attack. It features Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed, who says in the 30-second spot, “I know political campaigns can be rough, but Wentworth’s attacks on Elizabeth Ames Jones are exactly what’s wrong with politics today.”

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PEC hosting forums for board candidates

Eight candidates for three available seats on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board of Directors will give speeches and answer questions at a series of forums including on in Kyle on Tuesday, May 15.

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Cougar on prowl in Buda? Sighting reported near Onion Creek

A local husband and wife say they spotted a mountain lion while driving near Onion Creek in Buda earlier this month.

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Wentworth, Jones turn up the heat in senate race

If there were any lingering doubts that the GOP primary race for Senate District 25 might not stand out as a no-holds-barred brawl, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth’s new TV ad probably took care of them.

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