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City council makes boards and commissions nominations

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:00am

Deloitte and Touche, LLP did a presentation on the Quarterly Internal Audit, mandated by the federal government, on the use of the Community Development Disaster Recovery block grant and provided direction to staff. “I’d like to congratulate the city, they’ve been doing a great job in the last few quarters,” A Deloitte and Touche, LLP employee said. The only improvement suggested by the company was a recommendation to incorporate the issuance of award or denial letters to the process of informal procurements. The city council met Tuesday at City Hall.

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Marriage is strained by MIL’s gambling addiction

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:00am

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 28 years. We rarely have a problem we can’t settle, but I’m stymied over this issue. His 72-year-old mother took up gambling several years back, and it has become an issue. Over the past year, she has been asking us for “loans” of $300 to $500 to cover her gambling losses. More than once, she has told us for weeks on end not to cash the check she gave us to repay us. We were late paying our insurance because she has yet to repay us. This is stressing me out.

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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at Parent Empowerment Night at Annapolis Christian Academy in Corpus Christi on Jan. 31, 2023 to discuss parent empowerment and choice in their child's education.
Photo by Blaine Young/The Texas Tribune

After House vote signaling opposition to school choice, Gov. Greg Abbott says the fight isn’t over

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:00am

Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he was not discouraged after the Texas House took a key vote rejecting one his highest priorities this legislative session.

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The city of San Marcos proclaimed April as Fair Housing Month. “(F)airness is the foundation of our way of life and reflects the best of our traditional American values, and whereas April 11, 2023 marks the 54th anniversary of the passage of the U.S. fair housing law, title 8 of the civil rights act of 1968, which establishes a national policy of fair housing without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, familial status and handicap and encourages fair housing opportunities for all citizens,” San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson said. “We must continue to work together to uphold the fair housing act and the principle of equal opportunity on which it is based.” Pictured are city of San Marcos personnel including Director of Planning and Development Services Amanda Hernandez, Grants Accounting Specialist Zindi Castillo, Housing Coordinator Lorena Escobar and Assistant City Manager Joe Pantalion.
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City of San Marcos proclaims April as Fair Housing Month

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:00am

City of San Marcos proclaims April as Fair Housing Month

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Garry Merritt presents Great Springs project goals to Rotary Club

Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:00am

Garry Merritt leads a regional initiative called Great Springs Project to add an additional 50,000 acres of protected lands over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone between Austin and San Antonio. This national park-scale green corridor will be connected by a 100+ mile network of spring-to-spring trails, linking four iconic springs in Central Texas: Barton Springs, San Marcos Springs, Comal Springs, and San Antonio Springs. Merritt will share the group’s plans with the Rotary Club of San Marcos at noon on Wednesday, April 12 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive. Visitors are always welcome.

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Court approves set of salary changes based on MAG data

Sun, 04/09/2023 - 5:00am

At the most recent Hays County Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners made further adjustments to the salary plan recommended by Management Advisory Group, Inc.

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Police, city meet and confer talks advance with limited progress

Sun, 04/09/2023 - 5:00am

At this stage in the meet and confer negotiation process, both parties, the SMPOA and the city, are taking hard lines with respect to what they want to appear in a final agreement.

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46th annual Historic Spring Tour features the architecture of TXST

Some of the sights that will greet those attending the 46th Annual Historic Spring Tour: 'Town & Gown: The Art and Architecture of Texas State University,' include, top, Old Main, shown with a rainbow in the sky and dating to 1903; middle, students walk towards the Quad from Old Main; and below, the Bobcat Statue, which found a lair on campus in 2008. The Bobcat was adopted as mascot for the then Southwest Texas State Normal College in 1921.
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46th annual Historic Spring Tour features the architecture of TXST

Sun, 04/09/2023 - 5:00am

All things Bobcat will soon be open to exploration and celebration as the Heritage Association of San Marcos presents the 46th Annual Historic Spring Tour, “Town & Gown: The Art and Architecture of Texas State University” this May.

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Former officer indicted in shooting death of Wright

Isaiah Garcia

Top, civil rights attorney Ben Crump and members of the Wright family at a gathering in January call for release of the video associated with the death of Joshua Wright,
Daily Record file photo by Zoe Gottlieb;
below, Joshua Wright in a family photo.
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Protesters react in January following the shooting death of Joshua Wright, calling for justice for the man who died.
Daily Record file photo by Zoe Gottlieb

Former officer indicted in shooting death of Wright

Sun, 04/09/2023 - 5:00am

A Hays County Grand Jury has indicted former Hays County Corrections Officer Isaiah Garcia in connection to the death of Joshua Wright when he was in custody receiving treatment at a hospital in Hays County.