Plano City Council approved a $42 million contract for a construction manager-at-risk for the city's new Police Training Center at a meeting Nov. 9.

In a nutshell: The new training center will replace the current 21,904 square-foot facility along 14th street with a larger, 33,000 square-foot facility per city documents.

The background: Plano City Council approved the design contract for the facility May 11, per previous reporting.

A new showroom for massage chairs and mattresses has opened in Plano

The gist: Two businesses, Healing Touch and Luxe Sleep Concepts, now operate as one showroom in west Plano.

Customers can try products in person to measure the pressure and fit of the business massage chairs, according to the company website. Mattresses can be tried to check for back and shoulder posture.

• 1900 Preston Road, Ste. 250, Plano

Texas' first female lieutenant governor, Austin state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, held her first news conference since the election on Nov. 10 in Austin.

What happened: Goodwin, a Democrat, also announced her political transition team, which is led by lobbyist Angela Hale and outgoing state Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie.

The team, which includes four former state senators—two Democrats and two Republicans—will help prepare Goodwin to take over as lieutenant governor in January and work with state senators.

"My focus right now is sitting down with each senator, many of whom I worked with while in the House, to talk about their individual priorities and how we can work together so they can represent their districts," Goodwin told reporters Nov. 10.

More context: Goodwin will preside over the Republican-majority Texas Senate. How much power she will have over the chamber is largely up to senators, who will approve new Senate rules when the legislature convenes Jan. 12.