The city of Katy has joined the Texas Craft Brewers Guild’s Brew City, Texas program to help promote brewery tourism in the area, including at No Label Brewing Co., the city’s only local craft brewery, officials said.

The big picture: The city joined the program in August, after pinpointing it as an “excellent fit” for Katy and its ongoing efforts to promote tourism, support local business and position itself as one of Texas’ premier destination communities, Tourism and Events Coordinator Kaci Maris said in an email.

About the program: Launched in March 2024 by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, the Brew City, Texas program aims to generate economic development and tourism through craft beer to further the state as a beer destination, Community Impact reported.

Zooming out: Katy joins 42 cities throughout the state that are in the program, including Austin, Lubbock and Waco, and is the seventh Greater Houston-area city to partner with the program, joining Conroe, Fulshear, Galveston, Lake Houston, Pearland and Sugar Land.

HTeaO has opened its second location on Kingsland Boulevard in Katy with a third on the way.

On the menu: The menu features a variety of sweet and unsweet flavored tea options, including mango, watermelon, raspberry and mint, according to its website.

Zooming out: The beverage franchise has over 150 locations nationwide, including nine in the Houston area including Katy’s first location, which opened in October 2024 at 935 Ave. D, Community Impact reported.

A third location is set to open in Katy at 19832 W. Little York Road, Ste. 4000, during the second quarter of 2026.

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At the Nov. 13 meeting, Harris County commissioners are expected to vote on the county’s worksite safety policy that aims to standardize safety protocols countywide in order to reduce injuries and strengthen worker protections on authorized construction sites. 

Also on the agenda: Two agenda items on the docket are related to how the Harris County engineering department handles its permitting department. The commercial permitting process in Harris County is meant to ensure public welfare and safety, according to county officials. The engineering department will discuss utilizing artificial intelligence to increase efficiency.

Digging deeper: The agenda items come as some new Cy-Fair business owners have told Community Impact the road to opening a business is often paved with unexpected delays in the Cy-Fair area.

Also of note: Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey will also seek discussion and possible action to implement metrics on the permits division.

Harris County Commissioners Court meetings are now being held at 9 a.m. in Downtown Houston. 

Texas is the nation’s largest energy producer, leading other U.S. states in both natural gas production and renewable energy generation, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows. Yet as people, businesses and data centers continue to move to the state, experts say Texas leaders need to harness new strategies to make energy more affordable and ensure the state power grid remains reliable.

The details: Amid high inflation nationwide, energy prices are on the rise in Texas, and residents are feeling the strain, experts said at the Texas Energy Summit, which ran from Nov. 4-6 in Austin.

In a June 2025 report, the Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization, found that 65% of low-income Texans recently engaged in “energy-limiting behaviors,” such as turning off their air conditioning to reduce electric bills or underheating their homes in the winter. 

What they're saying: Experts said state lawmakers and officials could invest in energy efficiency and residential demand response programs to tackle affordability and grid reliability issues.