A new pet store is now offering puppies of specific breeds as well as grooming services in Round Rock.

About the business: Puppy Dreams Puppy Store & Grooming opened its first Austin-area location in December in the La Frontera Village retail center. The national franchise has other locations in Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas. 

What they offer: The pet store offers a variety of puppies for purchase in the store. It also offers grooming services, such as wash and dry, nail trims, ear cleaning and dematting. 

Puppy Dreams offers purebred and purposed-bred puppies, according to the company's site. 

• Opened in December 
• 115 Sundance Pkwy., Ste. 230, Round Rock

An Austin-area nail spa will expand to the Round Rock area with a new location to open later this year.

What you need to know: Milano Nail Spa will open its first Round Rock location in the La Frontera Village retail center later this year, the nail salon announced via social media in February.

About the business: Milano Nail Spa offers luxury manicure and pedicure services. At its original East Austin location, these services include spa-inspired pedicures, manicures, waxing, eyelash services and extensions, and eyebrow grooming services. Customers can sip a variety of cocktails, wine, soft drinks and tea while getting services done.

• 120 Sundance Pkwy., Ste. 200, Round Rock

The Texas Education Agency must correct roughly 4,200 errors in its elementary and middle school curriculum, the State Board of Education ruled Feb. 25.

The overview: The changes to the Bluebonnet Learning materials, a set of state-developed textbooks, include replacing improperly licensed images, fixing formatting errors or typos and correcting factual errors.

The SBOE approved the Bluebonnet materials in November 2024. The curriculum, which became available to districts ahead of the 2025-26 school year, has been criticized for frequent biblical references in the reading materials, although proponents said the materials would help improve student outcomes.

Zooming in: Before approving the changes, several board members expressed concerns about the “unprecedented” number of issues with the state-developed textbooks, noting that Texas taxpayers will cover the costs of reprinting the updated materials, as they were developed with state funds.

“I’m very concerned that, as a board, we have set a precedent for sloppy publishing. Many times, even if it's a typo, it could become an error of fact,” SBOE member Pam Little, R-Fairview, said.