Keller officials voted to call a special election for the Place 4 council seat at a regular meeting Feb. 17.

In a nutshell: The city must have a special election for the seat after council member Tag Green resigned to run for the city's open mayoral spot, according to a city news release.
Keller's rules require that Green resign from his position due to the amount of time left on his term, which would have ended in 2028. He will be running for mayor in the May 2026 elections.

Candidates running for the Place 4 seat will appear on the May 2 ballot with the mayoral, Place 5 and Place 6 races, according to the release.

Candidates who want to to run for the Place 4 seat can file an application on the city's website from Feb. 18-Mar. 3.

Also of note: As of Feb. 10, current Mayor Pro-Tem Ross McMullin and Green are the two candidates for Keller’s mayoral race in the May elections. 

Roanoke City Council member Hogan Page served on council for the last time at the Feb. 10 meeting.

What happened? Page will be moving out of Roanoke, making him ineligible for a council position, Public Engagement Manager Sandra Pettigrew said.

“It's been an honor to be able to serve alongside a really awesome group of people on the council and the city staff,” Page said. “[I’ve made] a lot of friends along the way that truly will be lifelong friends. [This is] truly one of the honors of my professional career to be able to serve here for the past 4.5 years. It's very bittersweet, but I've really enjoyed the time.”

What else? A special election was called Jan. 27 to fill Page’s role, as well as Bryan Moyers’ position as council members of Ward 1, per city documents.

Looking ahead: The last day to file for a spot on the May ballot is Feb. 13 and the election will be held on May 2.

The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport board approved an increase for a contract to add the replacement of the flyover bridge into Terminal E.

During the Feb. 5 meeting, Phase 2 of the International Parkway Bridges was approved for an additional $136.1 million for the flyover replacement. It is part of the ongoing $12 billion DFW Forward capital plan, which is expanding and modernizing the airport that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024.

What's happening: Replacement of the existing left-hand exit flyover bridges into terminals A and B occurred in 2025, and work is currently ongoing for Terminal C flyover bridge replacement. Those three terminals along with Terminal E are the four original buildings and roadways that opened in 1974.

The Terminal E flyover bridge is at the end of life, and the location conflicts with the planned Terminal F ticketing and parking garage.

What else? A contract with Passur Aerospace of Orlando, Florida, was increased by $221,377 to $2.51 million and extended to March 4, 2027.

Texans will see candidates for 18 statewide positions on the March primary ballot, including one state railroad commissioner, the state land commissioner and the state agriculture commissioner.

The overview: Despite its name, the Railroad Commission of Texas does not govern the state’s railroads. So what do railroad commissioners and the leaders of other Texas agencies do?

Community Impact compiled information about various state agencies to help inform Texans before they head to the polls for the March primary elections.

At the polls: Early voting runs from Feb. 17-27, and primary election day is March 3.