BY HANNAH NORTON & HAMERA SHABBIR
Check out Liberty Hill election results Liberty Hill residents took to the polls May 2, voting on multiple Liberty Hill ISD board seats, along with a ballot item asking voters to renew street maintenance funding. Incumbents Chris Neighbors, Kendall Carter and Jaime Etzkorn will continue on in their official capacities as LHISD board of trustees Places 1, 2 and 4, according to unofficial results. The approved Street Maintenance Sales Tax provides roughly $700,000-$1 million in annual funding, according to city of Liberty Hill staff. The city uses the tax for the upkeep of city roads. The tax, which has been reauthorized every four years since it was first approved in 2002, was last approved by voters in 2022. Under Texas state law, the tax must appear on ballots every four years. All election results remain unofficial until canvassed.
ERCOT forecasts quadruple growth in electric demand Demand on the Texas power grid could more than quadruple in the next six years, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced April 15. The state grid operator projected that peak electric demand could hit 367,790 megawatts by 2032—more than four times the current demand record of 85,508 mega- watts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave. Much of this forecasted growth is due to data centers, per ERCOT documents. Experts have emphasized that “there’s still a lot of uncertainty” about where data center projects will be located. ERCOT offi- cials are expected to issue a revised forecast in the coming weeks.
Results breakdown
Incumbent
Liberty Hill ISD Place 1
6.42% Kevin J. Weber 36.28% Albert Kennedy 57.3% Chris Neighbors
Liberty Hill ISD Place 2
100% Kendall Carter
Liberty Hill ISD Place 4
31.66% Sharon Yager 11.96% Antonio Canas 56.28% Jamie Etzkorn
Reauthorize Street Maintenance Sales and Use Tax Liberty Hill Proposition A
76.39% Yes 23.61% No
NOTE: ALL RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CANVASSED.
SOURCE: WILLIAMSON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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