Where Is All of This Going?
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Hays County has roughly 300,000 people today. How many will it have in 2040? In 2060?
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Public Finance & Economic Development on the Texas Corridor
Texas has 254 counties, thousands of taxing entities, and an interstate that runs through the heart of it. Southbound 35 bridges research and practice on public finance and economic development — written for academics who study Texas communities and the state and local officials who govern them — with occasional detours into sports, politics, and religion.
2026
Hevel on the Back Nine
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There is an image of Scottie Scheffler that I cannot stop thinking about.
How Dangerous Is Spring Break, Really?
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Every March, cable news runs the same reel: ambulances on the beach, students on stretchers, a grim-faced anchor reading the latest death toll. The coverage makes spring break look like the most dangerous week on the American calendar. But is it?
254 Counties, One Interstate: The Hays County Growth Story
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If you drive south from Austin on I-35, you can feel the moment you cross into Hays County. Not because of a sign — though there is one — but because the landscape opens up. New subdivisions in various stages of completion. Warehouse pads with fresh concrete. A strip center waiting for tenants. The feeling of a place in motion — growing into something, and doing it quickly.