Council passes S&W incentives deal
The incentives agreement between Scott & White
Healthcare and the Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation has been given
the final green light after city council approved the deal that will see $2.5
million given to the healthcare corporation for their investment in the local
hospital. Read more... |
Courthouse bustles as officials take the oath of office
Relatives and friends of Burnet County’s elected officials,
along with law enforcement personnel and a smattering of plain old political
junkies overflowed the second-floor courtroom in the county courthouse Tuesday
morning. Read more... |
MF to join water coalition after council vote
Marble Falls City Council has passed a resolution allowing the city to join dozens of other municipalities in a coalition of Lower Colorado River Authority firm water customers. Read more... |
Sales tax allocations up for Burnet, Llano counties
Sales tax figures are up from this time last year in Burnet County,
and Llano County continues an upward trend,
according to data from the State Comptroller Susan Combs’ office. Read more... |
Los Escondidos annexation ‘not off table’
After approving the annexation of over 1,000 acres to the
south of the city on US 281 amidst controversy from a number of local
landowners, Marble Falls city officials can now turn their attention to the Los
Escondidos subdivision on Lake Marble Falls to see if it can also be brought
into the city limits.
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Average employer unemployment insurance rates decrease
AUSTIN – The
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has announced the average Unemployment
Insurance (UI) tax rate for all employers will be
1.82 percent for Calendar Year (CY) 2013, down from 1.96 percent in CY 2012. Read more... |
Cornyn, Abbott on law to protect children against sexual predators
AUSTIN—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Friday joined Texas
Attorney General Greg Abbott to highlight a new federal law to enhance federal,
state, and local efforts to fight child pornography, sexual predators and human
trafficking. The bipartisan Child Protection Act of 2012, sponsored by
Sen. Cornyn and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in the Senate and U.S.
Reps. Lamar Smith, R-TX, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL, in the House, was
signed into law Friday by President Obama at a White House signing ceremony. Read more... |
Caraway given official fire chief role
Johnny Caraway has been officially named Fire Chief for
Marble Falls Fire Rescue after almost seven months serving as an interim. Read more... |
Burn ban on as rainfall not enough
Burnet County got some rain Monday afternoon and
evening, mostly in the southern part of the county, but it was not enough to
alleviate the dry conditions that have prevailed most of the fall.
Read more... |
Texting while driving ban in M’Lakes
Meadowlakes has joined many other Texas cities by passing an ordinance that
bans texting while driving in the city limits. Read more... |
