Local gift and home goods store Lizzy G's Fine Gifts will celebrate its 15th anniversary serving the Spring-Klein area in November, owner Liz LeCrone said. LeCrone owns the Vintage Park store with her aunt, Ginger Lester.

The details: To celebrate the milestone, the store is hosting an anniversary party Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will feature:

• Discounts on store items

• Specialty coffee

• Macarons

The family- and women-owned business sells apparel, jewelry, accessories and home goods, and it continues to offer complimentary gift wrapping.

A new law firm specializing in health and intellectual property law opened in the Spring-Klein area Aug. 6, according to founder and attorney Josiah Plumley.

The overview: Key details about the new firm, Narya Law, include:

• Plumley serves as the lone attorney, leading the firm alongside his wife and office director, Destiny Ziarkowski.

• The firm primarily focuses on work through Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act to pursue cases against food supplements, doctors and others in the health space.

• Plumley earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and holds two masters of law degrees in health and IP law.

Cirque du Soleil is scheduled to return to Houston this spring with its Mexico-inspired production LUZIA. Written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca in association with Brigitte Poupart, the show features acrobatics and visual storytelling as it travels through landscapes inspired by the people, places, sights and sounds of Mexico.

Key details for the upcoming production include:

• The show will run from March 20 through May 9.

• It will take place at the Sam Houston Race Park, located at 7575 North Sam Houston Pkwy West in Houston.

• Featured acts include hoop diving, Cyr wheels, trapeze and hand balancing.

• Pre-sales for Club Cirque members and waitlist individuals begin Oct. 26.

• Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Nov. 2 through the Cirque du Soleil website.

Texas environmental regulators have continued processing certain data center permits in the month since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a permitting pause, according to a new report from FracTracker, an oil and gas watchdog group.

The details: Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last month to "halt all permits sought by data centers" while the Electric Reliability Council of Texas audits proposed projects.

Yet as of Oct. 16, the TCEQ had moved at least 35 data center-related applications forward, per an analysis of TCEQ records.

Zooming in: The agency has issued public notices for three data center projects since Abbott ordered the pause Sept. 21. It also approved stormwater coverage, certified air emissions limits or assigned engineers to other projects.

"No permits have been approved," Andrew Mahaleris, the governor's press secretary, said Oct. 20. "In line with the governor’s directive, TCEQ has not taken and will not take any proactive actions related to the approval of data center permits."

"These actions do not signal an agency trying to pause," FracTracker said in the report.

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