ELECTION
New Mayor Dusty Thiele (left) will be sworn in at a special Katy City Council meeting May 13, and former Mayor Bill Hastings (right) will be recognized by council members and city staff. (Courtesy city of Katy/Dusty Thiele)
MEETING PREVIEW: Special Katy council meeting initiates Mayor Thiele, bids farewell to outgoing Mayor Hastings
Lance Redmon, Position 1 Candidate (Incumbent)
UPDATE: Unofficial final results show incumbent Lance Redmon won Katy ISD board of trustees Position 2 election
Early voting results show candidate Victor Perez in the lead for the Katy ISD board of trustees Position 1 election on May 7. (Asia Armour/Community Impact Newspaper)
UPDATE: Unofficial final results show Victor Perez wins race for Katy ISD board of trustees Position 1
Early voting ended May 3. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Harris County reports more than 72K early ballots cast ahead of May 7 elections
Multiple races are still out following Fort Bend County's March primaries. Early voting for the runoff elections will start May 16, and the polling locations have been approved by the Commissioners Court. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Fort Bend County election: Who is running and where to vote early in primary runoff
Texas voters will decide two propositions that will have implications on property taxes statewide May 7. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
What Texas voters should know about statewide property tax propositions on May 7 ballot
According to ownership, the company first opened the new location this February and held a grand opening in mid-March. (Courtesy of Plano Antique Mall)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: Plano Antique Mall relocates to new west-side location; Local Table relocating to a larger space in Katy area and more top news
Per the city of Katy's website and GIS mapping tools, this map illustrates the current electoral districts of wards A and B. City Council enlisted legal aid from Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP to redistrict the boundaries of the wards to balance the population between them and comply with the federal "one person, one vote" rule. (courtesy City of Katy)
Katy City Council accepts proposed map to redistrict electoral boundaries of wards A and B, schedules public hearing
Here is everything to know about the race for Katy ISD board of trustees Positions 1 and 2, including early voting locations, candidate information and where to vote on election day. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Voter's guide to Katy ISD board election: Where to vote early, who is running, where to go on election day
The Fort Bend Central Appraisal District presented 2022 market trends for residential and commercial properties, and land values to the commissioners court on April 6. (courtesy Fort Bend Central Appraisal District)
Data trends show 'irrational' increase in 2022 market value of residential properties in Fort Bend County
Early voting for the May 7 Katy ISD board of trustees positions 1 and 2 elections begins April 25. (courtesy Pexels)
5 places to vote in the Katy ISD board of trustees May 7 election
Early voting for two of Katy ISD's board of trustees positions will start April 25. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
See who is running for Katy ISD's board of trustees in May 7 election
The new store will be more than 30,000 square feet larger than the original location. (Lauren Canterberry/Community Impact Newspaper)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: New H-E-B on Walnut Ave. in New Braunfels set to open in spring; Laura Rummel wins special runoff election for Place 5 on Frisco City Council and more top news
On March 22, at the Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria called in remotely to discuss Harris County elections. On March 8, Longoria announced her resignation, which will be effective July 1. (Screenshot via Harris County Commissioners Court livestream)
Motion to fire Harris County elections administrator ahead of July 1 resignation fails
March 1 primary elections included federal, state and county races. (Mikah Boyd/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County elections administrator announces resignation following March primaries
Harris County voters trickled into the Memorial Parkway Junior High polling location in Katy on election day March 1. (Emily Lincke/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County reports 10,000 uncounted mail-in ballots
The 2022 primary elections were held March 1. (Ally Bolender/Community Impact Newspaper)
Unofficial results show Fort Bend County commissioner losing primary election; 1,000-home community coming to Humble and more top Houston-area news
Harmony Science Academy Leander will be built at 3250 Hero Way. Pictured is a rendering of the school's exterior. (Rendering courtesy Harmony Public Schools)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: Harmony Public Schools to expand with Leander campus; Memorial Hermann, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas fail to reach contract agreement and more top news
Demolition began on the Cactus Nights Sports Bar building this week to make way for a new dance hall and bar. (Steffanie Bartlett/Community Impact Newspaper)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: Cactus Nights Sports Bar in Round Rock demolished to make way for new dance hall and bar; McKinney ISD to clear Timber Creek property for future school and more top news