League City City Council will deliberate on whether to approve several rezoning requests throughout the city, including requests to rezone 55 acres of land from residential to industrial, at its Feb. 24 meeting.

What else: City Council will also consider adopting a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Transportation to clarify roles and project responsibilities for a 14-foot sound wall to be built along IH-45 near the Clear Creek Village neighborhood, according to city documents.

Stay tuned: The council will meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Council Chambers, located at 200 W. Walker St., League City.

Clear Creek ISD's board of trustees approved a plan at its Feb. 2 meeting to reduce the number of uncertified teachers in accordance with state requirements.

The overview: The plan outlines the transition from the use of District of Innovation waivers to hire uncertified teachers in core subjects by the 2029-30 school year, as required by House Bill 2, which passed in the 89th Texas Legislature.

How we got here: As of the 2025-26 school year, the district employs 45 uncertified teachers in core subject areas, which accounts for nearly 2% of all district teachers, according to district documents.

What else: The plan will require new uncertified teachers to enroll in an educator preparation program, or EPP, within 30 days of hire and will provide them with individualized support plans.

A total of 137,395 in-person and mail-in ballots have been cast in Harris County, more than halfway through the 10-day early voting period ahead of the March 3 primary election.

In a nutshell: Early in-person voting runs from Feb. 17-27, and election day is March 3. 

In Harris County, voters can cast their ballot at any polling location during early voting and on election day. The county has 60 early voting locations.

In Texas, to vote in either a Democratic or Republican primary election, voters do not have to be registered to vote in that party, but must choose one party's election.

Quote of note: “Primary elections are the first step to November,” Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said via the release. “As we enter the midterm election season, I urge voters to educate themselves on the issues and candidates, and to make their voices heard early in the process.”

Some context: During the March 2024 primary election, 211,223 voters cast ballots during the entire early voting period, as previously reported by Community Impact.

Hundreds of volunteers will hit the streets Tuesday night across Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties to begin the annual Point-in-Time survey, which catalogues the number of individuals experiencing homelessness on a single night in the three counties.

How it works: The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and The Way Home have been conducting the annual survey since 2011. The survey provides a snapshot of sheltered and unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness year-over-year.

Volunteers will count sheltered individuals Feb. 23 as the official "night of record," according to a Feb. 20 news release. Meanwhile, the unsheltered portion of the count will take place over three days—Feb. 24-26.

Why it matters: The count is typically a part of a federal funding process for local homelessness response systems like The Way Home.

"The count helps identify service gaps, geographic shifts and emerging needs across the region and allows the community to track trends over time using a consistent methodology."