Officials with Inspiration Coffee House celebrated a Feb. 14 opening of their new location in Humble, according to the business’s Facebook page.

The details: Inspiration Coffee House serves handcrafted croissants, specialty coffee and a selection of artisanal desserts. The coffee shop also offers wholesale supplies for cafes and businesses.

• Opened Feb. 14
• 8022 FM 1960 Road E., Humble

Humble ISD trustees approved the appointment of Position 7 trustee Michael Grabowski to serve as board president during the June 9 board meeting.

The details: Grabowski, who is taking on the role following Position 6 trustee Marques Holmes’ year-long stint, thanked the board for the appointment.

“I’m just very proud that I have been successfully selected as your new president,” Grabowski said. “I'm humbled for this promotion, and I don't take it lightly.”

Grabowski is now set to serve as board president for a one-year term.

Also of note: In other business, trustees unanimously voted to change the start time of regularly scheduled meetings moving forward.

“This will move the start times of the regular meetings to line up with our special board meetings by moving them forward one hour,” Grabowski said.

With the change, Grabowski said regularly scheduled board meetings will now begin in closed session at 5 p.m. and move into open session beginning at 6 p.m.

Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Tina Petersen announced her formal resignation minutes after Harris County commissioners approved a new plan in partnership with the Harris County Flood Control District and the Texas General Land Office to complete $322 million in disaster recovery and flood mitigation projects by February 2027.

The breakdown: HCFCD Assistant Director of Operations Scott Elmer said the new plan with the GLO involved getting all 11 disaster recovery projects through the current project status by the February 2027 deadline, and then rolling over the remaining phases of the projects into the flood mitigation project deadline in March 2028.

What's next: While commissioners agreed to move forward with the project plans in partnership with the GLO, they will first need to find a replacement for Petersen after her resignation. 

According to the Office of County Administration, commissioners will consider next steps for the position at the June 25 meeting while the OCA manages the department in the interim.

On June 4, a $25 million funding increase was approved for Lone Star College System’s textbook program in order to continue the services through fiscal year 2026-27.

In a nutshell: The maximum amount to be spent to fund LSCS’ textbook program’s was raised to $79.24 million total, according to June 4 meeting documents. The maximum amount was last increased by $34.24 million to about $54.24 million in December 2024 to cover the program through FY 2025-26.

In case you missed it: However, the new textbook program allotment total includes services that have been evolving at the college system since 2023, according to a June 4 presentation from Kristy Vienne, LSCS’ vice chancellor for finance and administration. The current iteration of the program, dubbed the STAR Bundle, officially launched in the fall of 2025 and:

• Automatically provides students with their required textbooks and class materials by the first day of class
• Costs $24 per credit hour enrolled, no matter the actual textbook costs

Houston added a handful of amendments to the fiscal year 2026-27 budget that was approved June 10.

Some amendments deal with the new $5 administration fee and the Solid Waste Department, while others add positions to city departments and address mental health.

The updates: Houston City Council approved $3 million to address illegal dumping. The amendment will:

• Hire additional solid waste workers
• Expand roll-off services, which include renting large dumpsters for bulky waste and debris
• Expand access to legal disposal sites
• Install cameras and signage in chronic dump sites
• Accelerate cleanup and overgrowth removal

The Texas Education Agency released results June 10 from this year’s State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams.

The overview: High school students who took the year-end exams this spring made gains in all subjects, TEA data shows. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said students’ academic progress was due to “focused instruction and high expectations” in the classroom.

What you need to know: Individual STAAR results are shared through the state assessment portal. Each Texas student receives a unique access code for their results. Families can find the code on the first page of their child’s report card or contact their school, according to the TEA.

Texas public school students in third through 12th grade take the exam each spring, and it is used to measure student progress and teacher performance.

What's next: The TEA is scheduled to release STAAR scores for third- through eighth-grade students June 16.