Asian grocery store Hana World Market is slated to close by the end of 2025, announced in a social media post Nov. 7. 

The details: The locally-owned business sells meat, seafood, produce, pantry items and homewares, and is currently holding weekly closing sales between 20% to 30% off various items. 

The store also had a food court, and restaurants such as Ramen del Barrio and Cafe du Bliss are expected to relocate once the store closes. 

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As Austin ISD officials near an official vote on school consolidations Nov. 20, a final plan was shared with the community Nov. 14.

What’s happening: District officials began the process of considering school consolidations nine months ago. As of Nov. 14, Superintendent Matias Segura said the final plan that will be brought to the AISD board of trustees recommends closing 10 schools.

The board will also consider turnaround plans for failing schools during a Nov. 20 meeting in addition to the proposed program moves and school consolidations.

In total, 3,796 students would be reassigned, and 6,319 vacant seats would be eliminated under this plan if the AISD board of trustees approves it Nov. 20. The plan is expected to save more than $20 million in costs for the district.

How we got here: The sweeping changes come as AISD looks to address declining enrollment, lower a mounting budget shortfall and provide state-mandated intervention at 12 failing campuses.

Round Rock ISD officials will consider measures to fund maintenance vehicle purchases and contracts funded by the 2024 bond at an upcoming meeting. 

What you need to know: Trustees will consider contracts for the replacement of eight district vehicles, middle school track resurfacing, architects and construction managers for several campus renovations. 

The contracts under consideration total just over $2.3 million in bond funds approved by voters in November 2024.

Texas cannot use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 election, an El Paso federal court ruled Nov. 18.

The details: The state must instead use the congressional map that Texas lawmakers drew in 2021, after the 2020 census. 

“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote in the Nov. 18 preliminary injunction. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map.”

What they're saying: Texas Republican leaders said they would “swiftly appeal” the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the court takes up the case, its justices will be pressed for time ahead of the Dec. 8 deadline for candidates to apply to run in the March primary elections.

Texas Democrats celebrated the Nov. 18 ruling as "very good news for Texans."