Frisco City Council approved nearly $4.68 million in contracts for the construction of Frisco on the Green.

What you need to know: Frisco on the Green is a 27-acre, nature-focused park project along Teel Parkway that preserves local wetlands and provides environmental education and community green space. During its Aug. 18 meeting, the Frisco City Council approved two separate contracts for the park’s construction, one for general park construction and site improvements and one for the construction of a playground.

Upon completion, Frisco on the Green will be located near the intersection of Teel Parkway and Rockhill Parkway in the southern portion of the Hollyhock subdivision.

Dash Nail Spa has opened a second Frisco location.

The gist: The new location offers a wide variety of manicure and pedicure services for women and men including nail polish painting and designs, cuticle care, sugar scrubs, hand massages, heel buffing and more. 

The new Dash Nail Spa opened just over two years after the first location opened on Main Street.

SH 5 in McKinney is turning into a 4-lane roadway and a hospital in the Alliance area is expanding its neonatal unit. Check out some of the latest construction projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Core Scientific renovations
One of Denton’s two data centers, Core Scientific, will see renovations for a 27,678 square-foot facility to be used as a data hall, according to a TDLR filing.

• Location: 8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton
• Estimated timeline: Sept. 1, 2026-May 31. 2027
• Estimated cost: $110 million

• Location: From Spur 399 to south of FM 1378
• Estimated timeline: June 1, 2026-Dec. 1, 2028
• Estimated cost: $60 million

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."