Austin Regional Clinic opened a new clinic offering specialty care in Round Rock in January.

What you need to know: The new facility serves as a multispecialty clinic and an outpatient surgery center. At 22,000 square feet, it doubles the clinic's footprint within the city.

The details: On the first floor is an outpatient surgery center, with the second floor being home to ENT, general surgery, orthopedics, podiatry and endoscopy, with more specialties to be added.

The clinic has 17 exam rooms, three procedure rooms, an onsite lab and radiology services.

Round Rock ISD will make $300 million of voter-approved bonds available to investors in February. 

What you need to know: The RRISD board of trustees approved on Jan. 22 a measure to sell bonds in the second week of February, with the expectation that the district will have cash in hand by early March to fund campus improvements and other projects included in bond propositions A, B and C.

Check out six upcoming, ongoing or completed transportation projects around the Austin metro, from work along I-35 to Bastrop, Hays and Williamson County projects.

Upcoming projects
FM 812 improvement project
Project: The project will upgrade FM 812 from US 183 in Travis County to Hwy. 21 in Bastrop County to improve safety and mobility and reduce congestion. 
Update: Design plans are expected to be finalized in the spring.

• Timeline: full project completion TBD
• Cost: $145 million
• Funding source: Texas State Highway Fund

• Timeline: 2022-2028
• Cost: $548 million
• Funding source: TxDOT and CAMPO

Three Democrats are running for Texas attorney general in the upcoming March 3 primary election.

The big picture: After three terms as Texas' top lawyer, incumbent Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate, leaving his office open. Anthony “Tony” Box, Joe Jaworski and Nathan Johnson are vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed Paxton as attorney general.

Looking ahead: The winning Democratic candidate will face the winner of the Republican nomination in November; the winner of that election will be sworn in for a four-year term in January 2027.

Three Republicans are running for Texas attorney general in the upcoming March 3 primary election.

The overview: After three terms as Texas' top lawyer, incumbent Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate, leaving his office open. Joan Huffman, Mayes Middleton, Aaron Reitz and Chip Roy are seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general.

Stay tuned: The winner of the Republican primary will face the winning Democratic candidate in November. The winner of that election will be sworn in for a four-year term in January 2027.