Pop-up coffee shop Jasper Coffee opened in November in the Steiner Ranch area, serving a variety of coffee drinks and cafe items. 

The details: Located inside A Health and Wellness Shop, the coffee shop serves seasonal coffee drinks such as the smoked pecan pie latte and maple sea salt latte. Other coffee drinks include the honey cinnamon latte and brown sugar latte, along with other classics such as flat white, cold brew and drip coffee.

Non-coffee drinks include a matcha latte, dirty chai latte and hot chocolate. The food menu features items such as egg bites with sausage or bacon, protein pumpkin bread and lemon blueberry bread, and breakfast tacos.

• 2900 N. Quinlan Park Road, Ste. 230, Austin

City Council members voted to update policies governing their offices' spending, one of several financial and operational reforms they're pursuing in the wake of last year's failed tax rate election.

The details: Spending on office supplies, travel, hospitality, software, conferences and gifts are now outlined in the city's rulebook. All relevant city employees will now receive annual training on the policy, and public reports on all council office expenses will be published online every year going forward.

Council members unanimously passed the new guidelines but were divided on one provision allowing offices to carry over their remaining budgets year-to-year without limitation. Some officials said that removing a rollover cap grants needed flexibility for their operations, while others noted the practice is uncommon in peer cities and raised transparency questions.

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In the upcoming March 3 primary, voters will select the Democratic candidate in the race for Texas governor. Nine Democrats are seeking the nomination.

The big picture: Patricia Abrego, Chris Bell, Bobby Cole, Carlton Hart, Gina Hinojosa, Jose Navarro Balbuena, Faizan Syed, Zach Vance and Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz will appear on the Democratic primary ballot for Texas governor.

Stay tuned: If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff election will be held between the two top vote-getters May 26.

The winning Democratic candidate will face the Republican nominee in November, and the winner of that race will be sworn in for a four-year term in January 2027.

In the upcoming March 3 primary, voters will select the Republican candidate in the race for Texas governor. Eleven Republicans are seeking the nomination.

The overview: Republican incumbent Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term in the governor's office. He is challenged by ten Republican candidates: R.F. "Bob" Achgill, Evelyn Brooks, Pete “Doc” Chambers, Charles Andrew Crouch, Arturo Espinosa, Mark V. Goloby, Kenneth Hyde, Stephen Samuelson, Ronnie Tullos and Nathaniel Welch.

Stay tuned: If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the Republican primary, a runoff election will be held between the two top vote-getters May 26.

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