ATX-LLH: Impact 11/5/2025

Updated 11:07 p.m. Nov. 4: Natomi Blair is maintaining the lead in a tight race for Leander City Council Place 3. With 98.8% of Williamson County precincts reporting, Blair holds a 49.45% lead over Anna Yelaun, who follows with 41.04%. Travis County precincts are reporting Blair with 38.09% and Yelaun with 37.64%, with votes still being tallied in the four precincts that vote in Leander. If neither candidate receives 505 of the vote, the candidates may be in for a run-off election. 

Updated 9:04 p.m. Nov. 4: Early voting results showed that Natomi Blair was holding an early lead in the race for Leander City Council Place 3, pulling ahead of candidates Mohan Marchetty and Anna Yelaun. As of press time, Blair was holding a lead of 48.95% in Williamson County. Yelaun held 41.6% and Marchetty 9.45%.

Liberty Hill ISD’s tax-rate election through Proposition A passed by a narrow margin, unofficial voting results show.

The results: In the Nov. 4 election, 52.34% of voters, or 3,924 people, cast their ballots in favor of Prop A, while 47.66% of voters, or 3,573 people, voted against the measure, according to unofficial results from Williamson County.

On the ballot: LHISD asked voters to approve a M&O tax rate of $0.7389 per $100 valuation, which is about $0.07 higher than the FY 2024-25 M&O tax rate of $0.6669 per $100 valuation.

The interest and sinking, or I&S, tax rate would remain at $0.50 per $100 valuation, making for a combined tax rate of $1.2389 per $100 valuation.

Something to note: The district called a tax rate election in November 2024, during which voters failed to approve a nearly $0.06 tax rate increase.

​​​​​​​Zooming out: About 17.3% of registered voters in Williamson County participated in the Nov. 4 election with 78,232 ballots cast, according to county data.

The Williamson County Homeless Coalition will conduct its annual point-in-time count, which occurs over the course of a single day in late January, to get a snapshot of the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the county.

How it works: The PIT count covers all of Williamson County and takes place in two parts—a daytime count and an evening count—both on the same day.

During the day, volunteers go to locations where unhoused people might gather, such as food pantries, to count and speak with them in one-on-one interviews. In the evening, volunteers go out in groups, asking a specific set of questions to determine if individuals are unhoused.

Volunteers may also distribute items, such as blankets, socks or food donations. 

Get involved: The operation requires a large number of volunteers, typically around 50-100, though more volunteers can help cover wider areas.

As of press time, all 17 constitutional amendments on the Texas ballot were poised to become law. The state propositions with the most support would either expand property tax exemptions or prohibit new taxes, while voters also favored measures aimed at funding infrastructure and research.

The overview: Some of the state propositions on the ballot included:

• Proposition 1: new funding to support the Texas State Technical College System
• Proposition 3: tighter restrictions on when Texas judges can grant bail for felony offenses
• Proposition 4: $20 billion for water supply projects and infrastructure
• Proposition 9: a $125,000 property tax exemption for businesses
• Propositions 11 and 13: expanded property tax exemptions for Texas homeowners
• Proposition 14: $3 billion to create a state dementia research institute