A broken water line caused the sinkhole, which opened on Dove Lane Road in Kyle, according to Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra.

A federal judge last week blocked enforcement of the law, which is to take effect Sept. 1. Paxton says that injunction applies to only a handful of districts.

The project would expand Loop 1604 into a proper expressway, with frontage roads and overpasses, between FM 78 and Rocket ...