Another election is on the horizon for Live Oak residents.

What you need to know: Live Oak City Council approved an ordinance calling a budgeted $13,000 general election for the Place 2 and Place 4 City Council seats, along with the mayoral, Jan. 27.

Mary Dennis serves as the city's current mayor. Robert "Bob" Tullgren is Live Oak's Place 2 council member, and Ed Cimics serves on the dais as the Place 4 council member, according to the city's website.

The first day to file for a place on the general election ballot was Jan. 14. The deadline to file candidate applications is Feb. 13, according to the city's website.

Read about the businesses that have recently opened and are coming soon in Northeast San Antonio.

Coming soon
Sprouts Farmers Market
The organic grocer was issued a site development permit from the city of Cibolo for a new 23,000-square-foot location. Sprouts Farmers Market sells a range of meats and organic produce.

• Opening TBD
• 18000 I-35, Cibolo

• Opened Jan. 9
• 18476 I-35 N., Ste. 500, Schertz

• 11730 Lost Meadows, Schertz

Three new domestic flights are launching at San Antonio’s international airport as spring approaches.

In case you missed it: San Antonio International Airport, or SAT, announced three new nonstop flights serviced by Breeze Airways in a Jan. 28 news release.

New routes include flights to Raleigh-Durham beginning May 7, Memphis starting on May 8 and Pensacola launching June 10 on a seasonal basis, according to the release.

An additional “one-stop, no-change-of-plane BreezeThru service” will be available for flights connecting from San Antonio to Tampa.

“With these new routes, passengers traveling from SAT have more convenient options than ever to connect with new destinations for business or leisure,” Jesus Saenz, the Director of Airports for the city, said in the release.

Many changes have taken place at SAT over the past year, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.

• 9800 Airport Blvd., San Antonio

Following over four hours of public testimony and debate Jan. 28, the Texas State Board of Education is poised to postpone a plan to create a mandatory reading list for K-12 students.

What's happening: Board members said Jan. 28 that they wanted to get more feedback from Texans before moving forward with the policy, which would take effect at the beginning of the 2030-31 school year. The SBOE is required to create the reading list under a 2023 state law, and members said they would likely revisit the proposal during an April meeting.

The Texas Education Agency compiled a list of nearly 300 English and Spanish literary works for the board to consider. The Texas Education Agency compiled a list of nearly 300 literary works for the board to consider.

What they're saying: Some speakers expressed concerns Jan. 28 that the TEA’s list was too long and focused too heavily on classical literature that “does not represent the students of Texas," while others said they wanted students to focus on classical literature and historical texts.