Pearland officials are proposing a balanced budget of nearly $137.8 million for fiscal year 2026-27, following a budget presentation to City Council at its Aug. 24 workshop. City officials are also proposing a tax rate of $0.627892 per $100 valuation of a home, city documents show.

What residents need to know: For a property with a taxable value of $379,925, the annual property tax bill is around $2,380, city documents show. The proposed budget includes several employee compensation increases, including civil service officers who would receive a 4% raise in October, followed by another 3% raise in April 2027, at an estimated cost of $1.3 million, city documents show.

Stay tuned: City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing and consider the first reading of the FY 2026-27 budget and property tax rate ordinances on Sept. 14. 

CLS Health Primary Care Clinic opened its second Pearland location in early August, a representative with the clinic confirmed.

What you need to know: Services include treatment for common illnesses and conditions such as headaches, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to its website.

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Texas’ audit of hundreds of proposed data centers will likely wrap up by the end of the year, grid officials said Aug. 20.

The overview: Up to 300 proposals will be audited to ensure they meet certain criteria before the data centers can begin connecting to the state electric grid. If all the plans are approved, these facilities alone could use about 200 gigawatts of electricity—more than twice Texas’ 91-gigawatt peak demand record, which was set on July 22.

How we got here: On Aug. 3, Gov. Greg Abbott directed ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to audit proposed data centers regarding their water and electricity use; tax exemptions; impacts on residents; and facility ownership.

More details: Only large loads, or facilities that are expected to use at least 75 megawatts of electricity, will be fully audited. However, ERCOT will also survey proposed data centers that would use 25 megawatts of electricity or more.

ERCOT plans to release reports detailing the results of the audit and surveys on Dec. 10, officials said.

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."