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Cedar Park Place 6 incumbent Eric Boyce and challenger Michael Endres
Endres challenging incumbent Boyce for Cedar Park Place 4; Cedar Park mayor, Kirkland and Jefts win reelection after drawing no challengers
Endres challenging incumbent Boyce for Cedar Park Place 4; Cedar Park mayor, Kirkland and Jefts win reelection after drawing no challengers By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter The Cedar Park City … more
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Wrestlers wrap up state tournament with medals
A total of 29 wrestlers, plus alternate3s, represented all six Leander ISD high schools at the state wrestling tournament earlier this month. Three athletes worked their way into the … more
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Texas defenseman Jake Murray (6) skates against Grand Rapids forward Carter Mazur (43) in the Stars' 4-1 road loss on Saturday.
Stars end road trip with loss at Grand Rapids
The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, fell 4-1 while facing the Grand Rapids Griffins to close out a three-game road trip on Saturday night … more
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The Texas designated hitter August Ramirez leaps in celebration after hitting a home run during an NCAA baseball game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Texas State Bobcats on February 24, 2024. Kentucky won, 11-5.
Texas State goes 1-2 in Karbach Classic in Round Rock
The Texas State dugout comes out to celebrate a home run with designated hitter August Ramirez (18) who leaps into the air after trotting around the bases during a game against Kentucky on Saturday … more
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Austin FC winger JÁDER OBRIAN (11) shoots the ball during a Major League Soccer game between Austin FC and Minnesota United FC on February 24, 2024.
Austin FC opens season with disappointing loss
Austin FC opened its 2024 season with a disappointing 2-1 loss to Minnesota United at Q2 Stadium on Saturday. It was a frustrating game, in which United controlled the entire first half and the … more
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Hill Country News 02/22/2024
Shane R. Saum
Commentary: Empowering Lago Vista and beyond: A call for local economic reinforcement
This past November, I was honored to be sworn in as a Councilman in Lago Vista after a decade of serving as a staffer in the Texas Legislature. Perhaps few know how much legislative staffers get to … more
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Former Williamson County Sheriff's Office deputies James "JJ" Johnson and Zach Camden
Former Wilco deputies going to trial in Javier Ambler's death; No Black jurors selected to decide the case
The two former Williamson County Sheriff's Office deputies charged in the 2019 death of Javier Ambler while he was in their custody are finally going to trial. Opening arguments in their case began … more
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Sonali Kolhatkar
Commentary: Drug prices should be controlled
Pharmaceutical companies are angry with Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has vowed to force pharma CEOs to publicly answer for why their drug prices are so much higher in the United States than in … more
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Construction continues on Samsung’s 6 million square foot manufacturing facility located in Taylor, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Austin, on January 6, 2024. However, multiple media outlets have recently reported the company will delay mass production of semiconductors at the facility until 2025, several months after the initial target. Samsung Electronics recently announced it would add a second, 2.7 million square foot, building to the facility originally announced in 2021. The second fabrication plant is part of the $17 billion chip plant that is reported to have risen to a an estimated cost of $25 billion due to increase costs of raw materials and construction.
Texas launches new property tax incentive program to lure new businesses
Texas on Thursday launched a new economic incentives program intended to bring new companies and jobs to the state, replacing a prior job creation system that lawmakers phased out after complaints … more
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to more than 200 supporters in Leander as he campaigns on behalf of Republican State Representative Terry Wilson of House District 20 as a part of his ongoing effort to support candidates who will vote to adopt a multi-billion dollar school program that would give parents access to thousands of dollars each year to pay for private school tuition while also providing grants to public school districts for those students lost to the private school voucher program. Abbott also addressed the ongoing battle with the Biden administration over immigration policy and an overall push against what he called “wokeness” and Democratic candidates in general.
Gov. Abbott talks vouchers, border and "wokeness" in Leander
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to more than 200 supporters in Leander as he continued his statewide campaigning efforts on behalf of candidates who will vote to adopt his multi-billion dollar school … more
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An unusually large number of candidates have filed this year to run for Leander Mayor in the May 4, 2024, municipal elections. Pictured, left to right, are: Christine DeLisle (incumbent), Andy Hogue, John Cowman (former mayor), Fred Summers and Damon Burger.
2024 or 2004? Packed Leander mayoral race faces Leander's two-decade-long challenges; 12 candidates running for 4 Leander Council seats, 4 candidates running for 2 Cedar Park Council seats; Cedar Park Mayor, Place 2
Is it 2024 or 2004? Five candidates are facing off in Leander's packed mayoral election. The big issues they're debating? How to manage and expand the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority … more
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Hill Country News 02/15/2024
Svante Myrick
Commentary: This Black History Month, fight for the freedom to learn
A little over a year ago, the College Board unveiled its long-awaited draft AP African American Studies curriculum. What happened next was sad — and all too predictable. Florida officials, … more
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Jim Hightower
Commentary: Turning down food assistance for poor children is shockingly callous
This plot line could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for poverty-stricken ragamuffins.” … more
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