Dessert shop Midnight Cravingz opened a Northwest Austin location in December.

The details: The shop, located in the former Dirty Dough Cookies spot, serves cookies loaded with toppings such as white chocolate caramel, cinnamon sugar churro cream, strawberry cheesecake and Dubai chocolate. The cookies are also paired with the shop's vanilla soft serve drizzled with various syrup flavors. The business has two other locations in Central Austin. 

• 6301 W. Parmer Lane, Ste. 503, Austin

Local transportation officials are gearing up to gather the final public comments on the Parmer Lane Corridor study.

The project from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Texas Department of Transportation could bring various safety and mobility improvements along Parmer from MoPac in Austin to Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park.

What you need to know: CAMPO's Transportation Policy Board adopted 10 regional corridors to study and prepare for future multimodal transportation improvement projects in 2021. CAMPO officials said the study will use public input to help the agencies more clearly define and identify feasible improvements to make on Parmer. This process will include an analysis of previous plans and studies, current and projected traffic volumes, crash hotspots, environmental features, and other needs or concerns identified through public input. 

Get involved: Officials will hold the in-person public hearing on March 25 from 4-7 p.m. at the Rattan Creek Community Center for community members to submit official comments. A virtual public comment period will also open March 25 and close April 27.

Check out some of the most-read stories in Austin from March 16-19. 

1. 44,000-square-foot indoor sports club headed to Leander, Cedar Park

2. Round Rock outlet mall to get refresh

3. Luxury retailer in San Marcos outlets prepares to close with major sale

4. 320-unit apartment complex coming to Liberty Hill, Georgetown line

5. 'Future of aviation': Air taxi testing coming to Austin under federal pilot program

6. From breakfast to barbecue: Check out these 15 business updates in Southwest Austin

Texas held its primary elections on March 3, with Republican and Democratic voters selecting their parties’ nominees for scores of federal, state and local seats. Yet for some candidates, a major hurdle still remains before the November election.

The overview: Dozens of primary races are headed to May runoffs after no candidate picked up more than half of the vote, triggering an overtime round between the two highest-performing candidates.

The details:  Texas’ runoff election is set for May 26, the day after Memorial Day. Early voting runs from May 18-22, per the secretary of state.

State law requires primary candidates to receive more than 50% of the vote to advance to a general election, meaning a candidate must earn a majority of the vote—not just the highest number of votes—to win their primary outright. This rule means crowded races in Texas primaries and special elections frequently result in runoffs.

In those races, the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff.

Keep reading to learn about voting in the runoffs and who's on the ballot.