Hays County is continuing its efforts to rid roadsides, backyards and fields of unwanted tires by waiving the $2 per tire recycling fee for residents until further notice.

Hays County is under a National Weather Service flooding advisory until 5:45 p.m. as a band of thunderstorms producing one to two inches an hour move through the area.

The Hays County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to join Williamson County and the Travis County Healthcare District in providing start-up funding for a three-county program that would help small businesses offer their employees affordable health care.

A man with Hays County ties is one of six plaintiffs in a lawsuit against KBR alleging the war-zone contractor exposed troops to toxins and emissions from burn pits at U.S. military bases.

The commissioners court is continuing its development of a “greenprint” to guide planning for parks and conservation growth in Hays County that considers both quality of life and economic development issues.

A engineering contract with Kellogg Brown and Root for part of the first phase of the San Marcos loop is not on the Hays County commissioners court agenda for Tuesday.

Video of Hays County Commissioners Court testimony and discussion of an engineering contract with Kellogg Brown and Root for a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 110.

Hays County leaders have delayed executing an engineering contract with Kellogg Brown and Root after servicemen argued that the company’s alleged war-zone failures means they ought not be awarded taxpayer money.

The addition of an overpass where the Buda truck bypass connects with Interstate 35 is Hays County’s top priority for funding from the federal economic stimulus package.

Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley will serve a second term as chair of the Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization after being re-appointed by his colleagues from Central Texas counties.