Clear Creek ISD’s board of trustees unanimously approved a $432 million budget for fiscal year 2026-27 at its Aug. 24 meeting after hearing about financial pressures the district is facing.

The financial pressures have resulted in a $23 million shortfall, according to district documents.

Diving in deeper: CCISD is expected to collect $409 million in revenue with $432 million in expenses, resulting in a $23 million shortfall.

The takeaway: Student enrollment is the largest driver in the district’s budget, CCISD’s Chief Financial Officer Alice Benzaia said. The district’s enrollment peaked in 2019 at 42,000 students and has steadily declined year over year since, according to a meeting presentation.

Next steps: The board will formally adopt the tax rate at its Sept. 28 meeting, according to previous reporting. As of Aug. 24, the tax rate is projected to be $0.969 per $100 valuation of a home, according to district documents.

Muff-It Muffler has now been renamed to League City Auto & Muffler, and is under now ownership, according to League City's business brief.

What they offer: The shop offers routine maintenance, diagnostics, exhaust and muffler services, along with major vehicle repairs, according to the business's website.

📍400 Highway 3 S., League City

Texas’ audit of hundreds of proposed data centers will likely wrap up by the end of the year, grid officials said Aug. 20.

The overview: Up to 300 proposals will be audited to ensure they meet certain criteria before the data centers can begin connecting to the state electric grid. If all the plans are approved, these facilities alone could use about 200 gigawatts of electricity—more than twice Texas’ 91-gigawatt peak demand record, which was set on July 22.

How we got here: On Aug. 3, Gov. Greg Abbott directed ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to audit proposed data centers regarding their water and electricity use; tax exemptions; impacts on residents; and facility ownership.

More details: Only large loads, or facilities that are expected to use at least 75 megawatts of electricity, will be fully audited. However, ERCOT will also survey proposed data centers that would use 25 megawatts of electricity or more.

ERCOT plans to release reports detailing the results of the audit and surveys on Dec. 10, officials said.

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."