Round Rock ISD will celebrate the opening of its employee health clinic, the 4YOU Health Center, this month, about a year after the district first considered it as a cost containment measure for its self-funded health care plan.

How we got here: The district's board of trustees first entertained discussion of a clinic geared toward its employees in February 2025. The idea, Chief of Human Resources Eddie Curran said, would be to provide the same services employees receive through their primary care doctors but at a fraction of the cost as the district observed a 15% increase in health care costs from 2021 to 2025. 

The board later approved a contract in August with Marathon Health to run the clinic. 

In a nutshell: The worksite clinic will provide in-house medical services to RRISD employees, Curran said last year.

An $8 million investment in a Dell Technologies facility may be on the horizon in Round Rock. 

About the project: Per a project filing from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, an existing lab on the Dell campus will be relocated, a new electrical room will be added and a server room will be remodeled. 

Remember this?: Just last year, project information was filed for an expansion to the technology company's headquarters. 

What's next?: Work on the renovation would start in March and conclude in August, the filing shows.

A grant from the Texas Water Development Board could allow Williamson County officials to purchase and install $1 million of flood warning equipment in areas vulnerable to flash floods.

What happened: Commissioners approved the grant agreement at a Feb. 10 meeting, allowing the Office of Emergency Management to start project plans.

The grant could provide outdoor warning sirens, flood gauges and sensors as well as communication software testing training, County Emergency Management Director Bruce Clements said at the meeting.

The OEM will identify locations most prone to flooding in the county to come up with a project proposal for the grant. Proposals are due to the TWDB by Dec. 31.

There is no local match requirement for the grant.

Why now? TWDB is administering the program pursuant to Senate Bill 3 and Senate Bill 5, which awarded flood prevention grants to 30 counties. Grants will be dispersed after project plans are submitted.

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In the upcoming March 3 primary elections, Texas voters will have the opportunity to nominate their chosen candidates for the November midterm election. From top state officials to county commissioners, primary elections shape who is ultimately elected to dozens of seats, driving the future direction of the Lone Star State.

Yet less than one-fifth of registered Texas voters participated in recent primary elections, data from the secretary of state’s office shows.

The big picture: March Matters, a group that works to get more Texans to the primary polls, found that 146 of Texas’ 150 state House races were effectively decided during the 2022 primaries, with just four competitive seats during that year’s midterm election.

Data also shows that primary voters tend to be older and represent the more extreme wings of their political parties.

What they're saying: "When primary voter turnout is so small, when only a fraction of voters are voting, your vote counts more,” said Mark Strama, who leads the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas.