The Taco Shop On First St. officials said the eatery opened on March 30 and is now serving Mexican breakfast options, including breakfast tacos made with handmade tortillas.

The details: Owned by Letty Martinez, The Taco Shop is located next to her other restaurant, Letty’s Authentic Mexican Cocina, which opened in October 2024, per previous Community Impact reporting. 

• Opened March 30
• 1007 First St. E., Humble

Humble City Council members approved a pair of agreements with ARKK Engineers to perform work on two major upcoming projects during the council’s May 14 meeting.

The details: According to agenda documents, the contracts approved include:

• A $249,000 contract to perform preliminary engineering and design services for the city’s Main Street Phase 1 Reconstruction Project
• A roughly $190,000 contract to perform design services for improvements to the city’s water distribution infrastructure

Houston residents interested in speaking at City Council meetings will now be able to sign up online.

What this means: Houston City Council approved an ordinance that will add online registration as an option to sign up to speak during council meetings.

Previously, if residents wanted to speak during a City Council meeting’s public session, they could only sign up in person, by calling or by sending an email.

Council member Alejandra Salinas introduced the ordinance to allow online registration May 14, using Proposition A, which allows council members to put items on the City Council agenda.

“This is a much-needed improvement to our sign-up process, allowing folks to sign up online to participate at City Hall,” Salinas said. “I think this is a great continuation of the work that council has already been doing to make City Hall more accessible by having evening [public session] meetings, and I hope there are more initiatives like this.”

The Houston Police Department will decrease its budget allocated to overtime by 22%.

What this means: During a fiscal year 2026-27 budget workshop presentation May 19, HPD Executive Chief Thomas Hardin said that while the budget decreases, it does not mean that overtime itself will decrease in the department.

Hardin said the $832 million police union contract helped with raises, which also means that overtime rates go up by the hour.

“Our overtime spending is down 22% compared to last year, but it's down 27% by hours worked,” Hardin said. “It’s not just the financial amount that’s important, but it’s the number of hours that accounts for that financial amount as well.”

Breaking it down: Hardin said that the department will make operational changes in patrol. Patrol officers at seven stations will now work 10 hours for four days instead of eight hours for five days.

“The three days off are showing to have tremendous benefits for our officers, for our staff and our budget,” Hardin said.

Texas was home to eight of the nation’s fastest-growth municipalities in 2025 as people continue moving to smaller cities in the state’s large metropolitan areas, new U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

The details: Celina, located about an hour north of Dallas, grew faster than any other U.S. city in 2025, according to the census data released May 14. The city grew by 24.6% between July 2024 and July 2025, and 64,427 people called Celina home as of July 1.

Fulshear, a 64,630-person city west of Houston, saw the second-fastest growth in the nation last year, at 21%.

What's happening: Helen You, interim director of the Texas Demographic Center, said the trend of people moving to smaller cities in major metros “is not unique to Texas."

The suburban boom comes amid a slowdown in overall population growth, according to previous Community Impact reporting. While Texas gained more new residents last year than any other U.S. state, growth slowed significantly amid a nationwide reduction in immigration from other countries.

Catch up on Community Impact’s coverage this week with five trending Greater Houston stories from May 18-22.

1. Fort Bend County greenlights TxDOT primacy for Grand Parkway expansion

2. 8 businesses now open in Sugar Land, Missouri City

3. League City Walmart hosts grand opening following renovations

4. Conroe council reopens public comment, rolls back street closure fees after community pushback

5. Crawfish Cookoff, Sip & Shop: Check out 10 Houston-area events this weekend, May 22-24