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The Best Oktoberfest in Texas: Is Right Here in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg, Texas: Where History Meets One of the Best Oktoberfests in America. If you're planning a trip to experience one of the top Oktoberfests in the country, look no further than Fredericksburg, Texas. Recently ranked #6 among the best Oktoberfest celebrations in America, this scenic, German-rooted town, southeast of San Angelo, north of San Antonio, and a short drive west of Austin, offers so much more than just its world-famous festival.
How election deniers are fueling the push to hand count ballots
Gillespie County, Texas — For the last year, Mark Cook has been preaching a kind of low-tech, election-doubting gospel in political battlegrounds across the country. "But we're told: trust the machines ... and that is a way to manipulate an election," Cook recently said at an event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Traveling by RV, Cook calls the three-hour plus presentation he's brought to more than 100 counties, the "Hand Count Roadshow." Cook is part of an election conspiracy movement that's been growing since 2020 and claims that voting machines can be hacked and manipulated — meaning the only voting system to...
Dripping Springs officials release draft of comprehensive plan, seeking community feedback
Known as “Reimagine Dripping Springs,” or the “2040 Comprehensive Plan,” the plan will set guidelines for real estate, infrastructure, economic development and zoning for the next 15 to 20 years. This will be an update to the last comprehensive plan adopted in January of 2015. (Elle Bent/Community Impact)
Dripping Springs ISD officials adopt FY 2024-25 tax rate
In June, Dripping Springs ISD officials adopted an operating budget of $100.39 million with a shortfall of $2.77 million for FY 2024-25.(Elle Bent/Community Impact) The Dripping Springs ISD board adopted the fiscal year 2024-25 tax rate of $1.1052 per $100 valuation, a slight decrease from FY 2023-24 at $1.1075 per $100 valuation.
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