🍩 A Shipley Do-Nuts, a Toastique, an Everbowl and a Stone Oak Pilates studio are on the way.

🎨 A free night of art at Luminaria, Zoo Lights' first weekend, Spurs vs. Warriors and a Veterans Day celebration at Hemisfair.

🚧 A push for better construction notices and a revamped Texana Resource Center.

📝 Lawmakers file 1,000-plus bills on day one, and Vikki Goodwin pledges bipartisanship.

🏡 A $185K Kenwood remodel and a Cibolo Canyons home with a pool slide.

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🚧 Councilmember seeks citywide rules for construction notices

Councilmember Sukh Kaur filed a Council Consideration Request seeking citywide standards for telling residents about construction in public rights of way. Outreach would scale with a project's size and length, from text and email alerts to door hangers, and schedules for work lasting more than a week would be shared with apps such as Google Maps and Waze.

For projects longer than 30 days, departments would weigh effects on nearby businesses and schools and hold monthly stakeholder meetings, according to the news release. Kaur asked that the request go to the next available Governance Committee meeting; no date has been set.

📚 Texana Resource Center reopens after $4.55M renovation

The San Antonio Public Library's special collections division on the sixth floor of the Central Library reopens Nov. 16 with a 1 p.m. ribbon-cutting.

The $4.55 million project, paid for with 2017 and 2022 city bond funds and Library Foundation money, adds a classroom, exhibit gallery, research spaces, an upgraded vault and a Memory Preservation Lab for digitizing tapes, film and photos.

The opening exhibit, "Hassett Ranch: A Tejano Family Story," runs through Nov. 13, 2027.

🛣️ Commissioners to consider Marbach Road Extension inspections

The Bexar County Commissioners Court's Nov. 17 agenda includes a proposed $344,358 agreement with HDR Engineering for construction inspection on the Marbach Road Extension in Precinct 1.

Commissioners are also scheduled to consider consenting to $10 million in road and utility bonds for the Westpointe Special Improvement District and up to $8 million in bonds for the Briggs Ranch Special Improvement District.

📝 Data centers, Medicaid and gambling: Texas lawmakers begin filing bills ahead of 2027 legislative session

Texas lawmakers and legislators-elect began filing bills Nov. 9, unofficially kicking off the 90th legislative session. By noon, they had submitted more than 1,000 proposals, and at least 57 constitutional amendments had been filed by press time.

When the session begins Jan. 12, Texas will be led by all Democratic statewide officials. Democrats also won control of the Texas House in the Nov. 3 election, while Republicans kept control of the Senate.

Sen. Judith Zaffirini, a Laredo Democrat and the first to file in the upper chamber, was one of several legislators proposing tighter rules for data centers, an issue lawmakers from both parties are taking up. Some Democrats also filed bills to repeal recent Republican-backed policies, including local immigration enforcement agreements and bans on diversity, equity and inclusion practices at state universities. Those proposals will likely face pushback in the Senate. Read more. →

🏛️ Democratic Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin pledges bipartisanship as next leader of GOP-majority Texas Senate

Austin state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, who will be Texas' first female lieutenant governor, held her first news conference since the election Nov. 10. The Democrat will preside over a Texas Senate where Republicans kept 19 of 31 seats, and she vowed to work with all senators.

How much power Goodwin will have is largely up to senators, who will approve new Senate rules when the Legislature convenes Jan. 12. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, whom Goodwin unseated, told conservative radio host Mark Davis, "The lieutenant governor derives their power from the Senate: 16 out of 31 senators, a simple majority, can change the rules."

Goodwin also announced a transition team chaired by outgoing state Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, that includes former Sens. Leticia Van de Putte and Kirk Watson. She is expected to be sworn in Jan. 19. Read more. →

Tuesday's trivia: The McNay, which offers free admission for Veterans Day, opened in what year as Texas' first modern art museum? 🎨

❌ 1924

✅ 1954

❌ 1974

❌ 1994

Answer: The McNay opened in 1954 as Texas' first modern art museum, in the home Marion Koogler McNay built in the late 1920s.

See you next week! 👋

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