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Video: Hays County Judge Democratic Primary debate (Elizabeth Sumter vs. Jeff Barton)
Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 – 14:00 | No Comment
Video: Hays County Judge Democratic Primary debate (Elizabeth Sumter vs. Jeff Barton)

Hays County Judge Elizabeth Sumter debates fellow Democratic Party challenger Pct. 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton at the San Marcos Area League of Women Voter’s debate on Feb. 11.

State agency shuts down Hays County jail kitchen
Thursday, 5 Nov, 2009 – 11:10 | No Comment
State agency shuts down Hays County jail kitchen

The Texas Commission Jail Standards this morning ordered Hays County officials to close the jail’s kitchen by Nov. 20, citing continued unsanitary conditions.

Commissioners Court awards contract for new jail roof
Wednesday, 4 Nov, 2009 – 15:20 | No Comment
Commissioners Court awards contract for new jail roof

The Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday awarded a $424,000 contract to replace the failing roof on the county jail, two days before local officials will appear before the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to ask the state agency to lift the facility’s non-compliant status.

Commentary: If you don’t know where you’re going,
it doesn’t matter which way you go
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 0:56 | 3 Comments

Pondering rapid growth, Hays County Judge Elizabeth Sumter writes, “When I think about the future of Hays County, I’m often reminded of a few lines from Alice in Wonderland.”

Sumter assures state that jail problems being fixed
Monday, 2 Nov, 2009 – 5:42 | No Comment
Sumter assures state that jail problems being fixed

Hays County officials are working quickly to fix health and safety problems at the jail, County Judge Elizabeth Sumter assured state regulators in a letter on Friday, the last day to meet a deadline imposed by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

Touting her financial stewardship, judge inflates county’s bond rating
Thursday, 8 Oct, 2009 – 14:20 | 2 Comments
Touting her financial stewardship, judge inflates county’s bond rating

Hays County Judge Elizabeth Sumter wrote a guest column for area media yesterday heralding her stewardship of county finances and the resulting upgrade to a prime AAA bond rating, the highest available. There’s just one problem: Never happened.

Letter: Judging politics
Sunday, 23 Aug, 2009 – 10:50 | 6 Comments

EDITOR:

Living in a small town has its bright sides. Often, however, there are darker sides, such as small town politics. As important as they are the majority of voters pay little attention to …

Hays helps fund startup of small business health insurance program
Saturday, 15 Aug, 2009 – 18:44 | 2 Comments
Hays helps fund startup of small business health insurance program

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.

Hays County reinstates burn ban
Tuesday, 23 Jun, 2009 – 8:51 | No Comment
Hays County reinstates burn ban

Hays County Judge Elizabeth Sumter signed an emergency order this morning reinstating the burn ban that prohibits outdoor burning, effective immediately.

KBR contract still up in the air
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 13:39 | No Comment
KBR contract still up in the air

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.