Just a few months after the business closed amid an investigation, The Lodge Card Club reopened its doors at the end of May. 

How we got here: The Lodge announced in March that it had closed due to a state investigation, and shortly after filed a Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notice indicating that 144 employees were laid off in the closure. 

With the investigation closed and no wrongdoing found, according to the business's social media, it reopened May 26. 

In their own words: "We aren't going to pretend the last 60 days were easy," a May 15 post from The Lodge's Facebook page reads. "But every day the room sat quiet, we kept thinking about the sounds that make this place so special."

A future neighborhood-scale retail development is moving forward in northwestern Round Rock, with developer models showing plans for a potential day care facility, retail pads and dining. 

What you need to know: Developer Endeavor sought an amendment to its planned unit development agreement with the city of Round Rock to rezone the property from office to general commercial with limitations, which the Round Rock City Council approved June 11. 

The details: The rezoning prohibits the developer from building structures taller than one story, reduced from the two stories previously allowed under the office zoning.

The property cannot be used for a car wash, auto body shop, hotel, urgent care facility, event center or self-service storage facility, among other uses. The rezoning allows for a proposed retail center, as well as potential day care facilities, fuel sales, auto service, restaurant and bar, dog care, kenneling, training and grooming facilities, as well as sports training facilities.

Williamson County commissioners exempted the contract for transportation of deceased individuals from the county's standard competitive bidding process June 9, allowing the four Justices of the Peace to continue using Tranquil Mortuary.

What happened: The county's purchasing department flagged that annual spending on deceased transportation had reached almost $253,000 across the four districts, surpassing the $100,000 threshold that typically triggers a formal request for proposal process.

A competitive bidding is recommended to maintain compliance and protect the county from potential lawsuits from other vendors, County Purchasing Agent Joy Simonton said.

However, the four Williamson County JPs opposed an RFP process, requesting that the court use a local government code provision to grant a discretionary exemption for services necessary to preserve public health and safety.

Tranquil Mortuary, the county's current provider, is the only reliable 24-hour local option, the JPs said, and hiring an out-of-county provider would lead to extended response times.

Check out six ongoing transportation project updates across the Austin metro.

Rockride Lane
Project: This work will upgrade Rockride Lane in Georgetown to a two-lane collector roadway with a continuous center left-turn lane and a 10-foot-wide shared-use path along one side from SE Inner Loop to Sam Houston Avenue.
Update: As of February, the contractor had completed work on the west side of the road and began working on the east side. 

• Timeline: 2022-26

• Cost: $12 million

• Funding source: city of Georgetown

William Cannon Bridge
Project: The William Cannon Bridge over I-35 will be blocked off with lane reductions on the main lanes and frontage roads in both directions for the second weekend in a row as part of the I-35 Capital Express South Project. Once completed, the project will feature two high-occupancy-vehicle lanes and a southbound bypass lane. 
Update: The bridge will be blocked off from June 19 at 10 p.m. through June 22 at 5 a.m. 

• Timeline: 2022-28 (total project)

• Cost: $548 million (total project)

• Funding source: Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, TxDOT