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September 4, 2011
Pedernales Investigation Report
With Travis County under dangerously dry conditions, County Judge Samuel T. Biscoe invoked a local disaster declaration, by power of Government Code Section 418.108, restricting the sale and use of skyrockets with sticks and missiles with fins during the upcoming holiday season in unincorporated parts of Travis County....

April 2011
Star Flight Assists with Oak Hill Brush Fire
On the ground, 12 miles away, the Oak Hill fire near the Pinnacle campus of Austin Community College was quickly becoming a difficult fire to fight.....

April 3, 2011
STAR Flight Crews Receive Award for Swiftwater Rescues
During the flooding following Tropical Storm Hermine in early September, 2010, Travis County STAR Flight deployed its three hoist-equipped EC-145 Public Safety Helicopters after receiving over 20 requests for search and rescue assistance throughout Central Texas....

March 2011
STAR Flight Implements New Medical Equipment
STAR Flight crews have completed training with the GE Vscan ultrasound machine and have them available on every transport....

February 6, 2011
Star Flight Assists with Greenbelt Fire
Firefighters used a combined air and ground attack to control a fire in the Barton Creek Greenbelt Fire crews set up in the Westlake Heights subdivision off Highway 360....

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2025 TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 8.0 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $24.73.