In the race for Williamson County Judge, incumbent Republican Bill Gravell is being challenged by Blane Conklin, a Democrat. The candidates recently participated in a Q&A interview with The Independent,
A bill in the Texas legislature that would give county governments more authority to protect water sources in the Hill Country has not made it past the committee hurdle.Â
House Bill 3883, authored by State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, failed to secure enough votes to pass the Land & Resource Management Committee which voted 5-4 against the bill.Â
Biedermann, who represents Comal as well as Kendall and Gillespie in the Texas House, and his staff are working in committee substitutes to amend the bill and pass a different version that is more âagreeableâ by the committee, his office said on Thursday.
If it was to pass there, it would go to the House Calendars Committee to determine its priority on and then to the House floor.Â