The city of Pearland’s efforts to widen and replace parts of Kingsley Clear Creek bridge on the city’s west side just made headway after City Council approved funding for the project’s design phase.

The details: Pearland City Council voted unanimously at its Feb. 23 meeting to award a contract over $726,400 to Houston-based LJA Engineering for structural design, surveying and environmental permitting services tied to the project.

The cost: The Pearland Economic Development Corp., which collects sales tax revenue, will provide $4 million of the project’s initial funding.

The timeline: The project’s construction and design phases are scheduled for completion by December 2028, according to city documents.

Shipley Do-Nuts is hosting a grand opening celebration on Feb. 28 for the new location in Rosharon, according to a news release from the company.

On the menu: Shipley’s offers over 60 varieties of doughnuts and kolaches, including flavors such as plain glazed, strawberry iced, cinnamon sugar and more, according to the company's website.

Also of note: The grand opening celebration kicks off at 5 a.m. with the first 100 customers receiving free donuts for a year, or one free dozen each month. Customers must be Shipley Rewards members to qualify.
A separate giveaway begins at 7 a.m., and a face painter and balloon artist will be onsite from 9-11 a.m.

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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.