Corpus Christi’s combined reservoir storage reached 28.3% on July 31, still 1.7 percentage points below the drought plan’s above-30% benchmark for potentially ending Stage 3 restrictions.
Residents can comment Aug. 3 on Missouri City’s proposed Program Year 2026 CDBG allocation before the city submits an Annual Action Plan to HUD.
Killeen City Council is scheduled to consider a preliminary FY2027 property-tax rate, a proposed $3,991,303.94 infrastructure reimbursement and land-use changes along North Roy Reynolds Drive on August 4.
San Marcos is scheduled to deliver its proposed FY 2026-27 budget on August 18, with public hearings set for September 1 and September 15 and major questions still open on taxes, reserves and services.
Dalhart City Council minutes show unanimous adoption of Resolution 2026-12 on July 13 for a DEDC Type B project with the Dallam-Hartley Counties Healthcare Foundation. The proposal could use up to $1 million in sales-tax proceeds for a nursing-home development near FM 281, but final funding and performance terms remain undisclosed.
Arlington’s first listed district town hall on the proposed Innovate Arlington comprehensive plan is Aug. 6 at the Southwest Branch library, where residents can review ideas for transit, housing, walkability and future city investment.
Little Elm will hold a Town Council public hearing Aug. 18 on proposed annexation of approximately 11.693 acres in the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Frisco’s planned Legacy-Stonebrook widening remains in design, with bidding expected in late summer or early fall 2026 and construction tentatively projected from late 2026 through mid-2028.
A TxDOT-awarded project will widen about 6.8 miles of US 82 near De Kalb into a divided four-lane highway. TxDOT expected work to begin in June 2026, while a state filing lists registered dates from June 1, 2026, through February 28, 2031.
Celina City Council is scheduled to hold Aug. 11 public hearings on proposed assessments tied to the Celina 241 and Ariana public improvement districts.
HISD says 10 of 12 grades 3-8 math and reading tests met or exceeded the state average, while TEA preliminary accountability reports are scheduled for August 12 and August 14.
ICE plans to extend Amentum’s no-bid contract at Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss near El Paso through Sept. 30, 2027, with up to $776 million in additional potential federal spending.
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The City of San Antonio is seeking bids for its 2026 Task Order Contract Transportation Construction Contract Package 3. Submissions are due Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. Central time through CivCast.
Gov. Greg Abbott requested a presidential disaster declaration for 28 Texas counties after severe weather and flooding. The request had not been shown as approved in the materials available as of Aug. 3.
Texas requested additional federal disaster assistance for Real County and extended the deadline for flood-affected SNAP recipients to seek replacement benefits for lost or destroyed food.
Austin City Council has completed a public hearing on a proposed $6.6 billion fiscal 2026–27 budget and is scheduled to begin final adoption and consider a maximum property-tax rate Aug. 12.
Austin lifted its waterways ban effective immediately July 27, ending an emergency restriction that had changed in scope as floodgate operations and water conditions evolved.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is asking San Antonio City Council to call a November 2026 vote on the city’s proposed contribution of up to $489 million for a new Spurs arena and Project Marvel development.
Houston City Council approved Mayor John Whitmire’s FY2027 budget in a 15-1 vote June 10, creating a $5 monthly administrative fee for municipal solid-waste collection and disposal services that the city said would begin appearing on August water bills.
Gov. Tate Reeves announced July 27 that DeSoto County Judge Celeste Embrey Wilson will fill Northern District 3, Place 1, on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
