After a career as a licensed clinical social worker, Root to Rise Plant Co. owner Megan Nance is looking for ways to integrate horticulture into health care.

How it happened: Nance fell in love with plants as a young girl, spending time in her mother’s garden in the Midwest. She later wanted to study floral design and horticulture in school, but ultimately pursued health care. 

What they offer: Nance and her husband Collins officially opened Root to Rise last spring after selling at markets and events for years prior. The shop specializes in indoor and seasonal plants. 

Nonplant offerings include clothing items and accessories, Western-inspired attire, ceramics, gifts and vintage items. The curated selection comes from local vendors Nance met while participating in markets and events.

Learn more: The Nances also host plant therapy workshops with nonprofits, veterans, residential treatment homes, schools and assisted living facilities. Nance is currently working on earning her plant therapist certification.

• 1005 Rock St., Georgetown

Annunciation Maternity Home, a support home for women with unplanned pregnancies, will celebrate 25 years operating in Georgetown on April 8.

Find out more: AMH opened in Georgetown in 2001, and offers free services for mothers and babies, including housing, counseling, education, access to health services and other assistance.

Following its anniversary, the AMH facility will expand with five new residential homes and a new community center. The business is also expanding its child care center to be able to accommodate three times as many children, Director of Donor Interest Allison McKee said.

• 3610 Shell Road, Georgetown

Williamson County is fully reporting unofficial results from all 178 voting precincts for both the Democratic and Republican primary elections as of 12:56 p.m. March 4.

The county processed 33,173 election day ballots, according to the elections result tracker.

The results: The two candidates with the most votes for the Williamson County Precinct 2 commissioner in the Republican primary are David McDonald and Jeff Mayes. McDonald won 45.13% of the votes, amounting to 5,819 ballots cast, and Mayes received 29.46% of votes, or 3,716 ballots cast. No Democratic candidates ran for the position. 

Because neither candidates earned more than 50% of votes, they will face off in the May 26 runoff. 

The Texas Supreme Court suspended an order that extended election day voting hours at two Williamson County polling locations, according to a county news release.

Provisional ballots cast by approximately 150 to 200 voters who joined the line after 7 p.m. will not be counted unless the Texas Supreme Court ultimately rules otherwise.

What happened: Ahead of the 7 p.m. poll closing time for the primary election March 3, the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the local party chairs to extend voting at the Georgetown Annex and Northstar Georgetown locations due to long lines.

Despite objections from the Texas Attorney General's Office regarding a lack of legally required notice, District Judge Betsy Lambeth granted the extension, ordering the polls to remain open until 10 p.m. and delaying the publication of early voting results.

In response, the Attorney General's Office filed an emergency appeal, and the Texas Supreme Court intervened to suspend Lambeth's ruling just after 10 p.m.

Texas attracts dozens of company headquarters to the state annually, with at least 314 businesses moving their main office to Texas from other states between 2015-2024, data from the governor’s office shows.

Zooming in: At least 24 companies moved their headquarters to Texas in 2024, with more than half landing in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Two companies relocated from other countries, with data center developer Hive Digital Technologies bringing its home base from Canada to San Antonio and pharmaceutical company IntraBio Inc. moving its headquarters from the United Kingdom to Austin.

How we got here: State officials and experts said Texas’ economic incentives and light regulatory environment are key reasons why companies brought their operations to the state in recent years.

“Texas wants companies to move here, and [company leaders] know that,” Megan Mauro, interim president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, told Community Impact. “Our legislative policy is really impacted by the voices of employers here.”