by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Special Districts, Water Planning, Water Resources
On May 22, HB 1806 was voted through by the Texas Senate, clearing the way for the San Antonio Water System to sell 1,500 acre feet of water across county lines from Bexar into Kendall. Despite vigorous and organized opposition by local leaders – including Cow...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Hill Country landowners flooded a Travis County courtroom Tuesday hoping to thwart the construction of a natural gas pipeline they say poses safety risks and drives down the values of their multi-million dollar properties. Sitting shoulder to shoulder and wearing...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
Texas state lawmakers looking to reform the eminent domain process were unable to find common ground this session, despite hundreds of hours of negotiation. State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst’s Senate Bill 421 sought to better protect property owners when private...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Attorneys for Hill Country landowners along with the city of Kyle and Hays County have prepared for a fight this morning with lawyers for Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline and the Texas Railroad Commission over the route of the proposed natural gas pipeline and whether the...
by admin | May 21, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Two years ago, Heinz Stefan Roesch bought a roughly 30-acre property along RR 1623, outside of the city of Blanco. His whole family is from the Hill Country, he said, and he had been saving all his life to buy something just like it. Last fall, he started hearing...
by admin | May 21, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the Texas House approved legislation Thursday that would pull more than $3 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for flood control projects statewide. The House version of Senate Bill...
