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He is the first new face in the role in nearly 22 years, following Nelson Wolff, who retired.
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Texas' largest counties are electing women at high rates. Bexar County is more than 92% female in its state district and appellate courts.
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The commissioners praised Wolff's decades of public service, including the past 21 years as county judge.
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William 'Cruz' Shaw III will be sworn in as the elected judge over the 436th District Court — the first Black man to sit in that seat.
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The Bexar County Elections Office reports nearly 218,000 voters have cast ballots early.
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The number of sites the Bexar County Commissioners approved on Tuesday was fewer than the 388 ordered by a state district judge.
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Both audits were voted on or contracted a year ago, but only one was released.
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Bexar County has approved a $2.9 billion budget that includes a badly needed funding increase for the medical examiner's office, which recently handled two of the worst mass trauma events in the nation this year.
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Spurred by myriad problems at the jail, the report detailing recommendations of improvement was first due in February, and is now expected in September.
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