Following a contentious debate about government trust and confidentiality, League City City Council voted 5-3 at its Nov. 18 meeting to approve the first reading of an ordinance that recognizes attorney-client relations as confidential and requires City Council members to execute a confidentiality agreement.

The details: The city proposed the ordinance following the passage of House Bill 4310, which went into effect Sept. 1. The new law asserts that members of governing boards have a special right of access to certain public information, and allows cities to ask those members to sign confidentiality agreements when that information is confidential under the law.

The takeaway: Per city code, council will vote on the second final reading of the ordinance at its next meeting Dec. 16.

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Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods in history, according to projections from AAA. A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Zooming in: About 5.3 million Texans are expected to drive to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to a Nov. 17 news release, while about 328,000 people will fly and 140,000 will use other forms of transportation.

The impact: Texans should give themselves extra time to reach their destinations during Thanksgiving week, with the most congestion expected Nov. 25-26. Traffic is also expected to be heavy as Texans return home Nov. 30, according to INRIX, a transportation data company.

Minimal traffic is expected on Thanksgiving Day.

More details: Texas drivers will pay about the same for gas as they did last Thanksgiving, according to AAA Texas. One gallon of regular unleaded gas cost about $2.65 in Texas as of Nov. 13, down from $2.69 last year.