What happened: Due to projected district growth, the Argyle ISD board of trustees approved the purchase of 16 additional buses for the 2026-27 school year at a Nov. 17 meeting. The purchase was unanimously approved with all board members present.

Zoom in: The buses will cost $2,548,252, and funding will come from the 2022 bond, per district documents. District officials estimate the buses will arrive in spring 2026. The AISD transportation department developed a bus route schedule for next year that accounts for projected growth, with a slight buffer to ensure adequate coverage, according to district documents.

The district is buying:

• 14 77-passenger buses
• Two 14-passenger buses

Health and wellness studio Vital Stretch will open its first Dallas-Fort Worth location next year, owner and franchisee Vivek Karnik said.

What they offer: The business specializes in assisted stretching to promote flexibility and mobility for clients, Karnik said. The business has locations in San Antonio, Austin and Houston, Karnik added.

• 2570 Justin Road, Ste. 130, Highland Village

Construction is underway at a new Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Denton, according to a news release.

The details: A joint venture with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Texas Health Resources, the new free-standing facility will have 40 private patient rooms, per the news release.

The hospital will provide inpatient rehabilitation services for adults who have experienced a loss of function or disability due to stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, orthopedic surgery, amputation and other conditions.

• Located at I-35 and West University Drive, Denton

Texas cannot use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 election, an El Paso federal court ruled Nov. 18.

The details: The state must instead use the congressional map that Texas lawmakers drew in 2021, after the 2020 census. 

“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote in the Nov. 18 preliminary injunction. “To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map.”

What they're saying: Texas Republican leaders said they would “swiftly appeal” the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the court takes up the case, its justices will be pressed for time ahead of the Dec. 8 deadline for candidates to apply to run in the March primary elections.

Texas Democrats celebrated the Nov. 18 ruling as "very good news for Texans."