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The declaration allows the county judge to coordinate and control traffic and other needs during the eclipse.
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Travis County Commissioners expressed concerns with the expensive price tag and the consultant chosen to do the work. It will perform an internal review of its homeless services separately.
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The commissioners' approval came after they expressed frustration about approving a tax rate increase while Central Health has hundreds of millions of dollars available in reserves.
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In the first six months of 2022 alone, there were 118 fentanyl-related overdoses in Travis County. That’s the same number the county saw in all of last year.
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Commissioners voted to lower the property tax rate, so the owner of an average home should expect to pay about $18 less annually.
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Travis County has extended voting hours at five polling centers on the Saturday and final day of early voting.
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For years, the county has been trying to give defendants access to lawyers at their first hearings in jail. Staffing shortages and, now, privacy concerns may kill that effort.
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The pilot program was part of a study to examine the benefit of providing legal counsel to people immediately after their arrest. But staffing shortages in the sheriff's office have made the program unworkable.
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A budget resolution aims to set aside federal money to expand the Community First Village – as well as an effort to bring 1,000 new affordable homes online.
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County commissioners will take up a contract to build the facility next week.