A Henly resident is seeking to invalidate development regulations adopted last August with a lawsuit filed in state district court that argues Hays County did not properly analyze the financial impact of minimum lot sizes and other rules would have on property owners.

Hays County and its partners in the Dahlstrom Ranch conservation easement will hold public meetings on March 22 and March 31 to gather input from residents on certain aspects of public access.

Hays County officials, along with other governments in the region, are considering a statement in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed stricter air quality standards, but seeking wiggle room to come into compliance.

Former Buda Patrol Chief Bo Kidd will return to his role as top law enforcement official in Buda, city officials announced this week. But this time around, Kidd will be leading the newly created Buda Police Department.

Sheriff Tommy Ratliff and County Court at Law Judge No. 1 Anna Martinez Boling, both appointed to their positions after their predecessors’ deaths in office, held up well against challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary.

Rose took just shy of 80 percent of the vote in the Democratic primaries against Driftwood resident Andrew Backus, the former chair of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

Hays County Democrats took the rare step of deposing a countywide incumbent officeholder, replacing County Judge Elizabeth Sumter on the ticket with Pct. 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton in Tuesday’s primary election.

It was only half an hour after the polls closed on election night, a time when most candidates were anxiously tallying ballot boxes, but Mark Jones was already riding high on a resounding political victory.

State Rep. Patrick Rose, Sheriff Tommy Ratliff and County Court at Law Judge Anna Martinez Boling also show edges over their challengers

Polls close at 7 p.m. for both the Republican and Democratic Party primaries. In most precincts, both parties hold their elections at the same location, but not all of them.