Hays County

The Indigenous Cultures Institute is asking Hays County for $10 million dollars to build a 10-acre Indigenous cultures center in San Marcos. They hope to use the space for Indigenous arts and language revitalization classes and a community garden where people can learn about native plants and herbal medicines.

The city received the official designation earlier this year. It will celebrate its mermaid pride at a parade and street fair Saturday.

Mano Amiga, a local nonprofit focusing on criminal justice reform, wants to end legal penalties for marijuana possession in the city by next year.

Trauth led the university "from a regional institution to one of statewide and national prominence," the chancellor said.

The university’s chief medical officer encouraged everyone on campus to get vaccinated, wear masks indoors, test themselves regularly and report cases and close contacts with people who have tested positive.

Hays County joins Texas' largest counties in issuing mask mandates at public schools. The order goes into effect at midnight.

At a special-called meeting Thursday, the board of trustees voted 6-1 to require students and employees to wear masks in district facilities and buses.

City Council members voted to forgive the debt for accounts that have been delinquent for 30 days or more, citing financial hardships caused by the February storm and the pandemic.

The shortage is like if H-E-B ran out of milk, bread and toilet paper (if you could imagine). And while firecrackers are not nearly as essential as groceries, they are subject to the same supply-chain disruptions that have plagued other businesses.

The lawsuit describes an October incident in which Trump supporters surrounded a Biden-Harris bus on Interstate 35 while it was driving through San Marcos. It accuses police of failing to respond despited repeated calls for help.