Hutto City Council voted to rename the city’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Commission as the Community Services Commission, shifting some DEIB programming to the library, and tasking the new commission with identifying gaps in services for residents.

The discussion: The council voted 4-3 to rename the commission and to form a subcommittee to redefine its purpose.

The members of the DEIB commission will transition to the Community Service Commission, and will work with a City Council sub-committee to develop a new ordinance for its operations.

The restructuring aims to shift specific DEIB programming to the library while refocusing the commission on identifying community service gaps, such as support for neurodivergent individuals and non-English speakers.

“In my mind, at the end of the day, I think DEIB has served its course in Hutto, but I think what the DEIB has done is uncovered gaps in our community,” Mayor Mike Snyder said. “We can utilize some of that in the library and work to come up with a different community board.”

A Ramen Tatsu-ya is under construction in a new retail development off SH 130 in Pflugerville.

The details: CEO Todd Coerver said the new location will be just south of Tumble 22 and Kura Revolving Sushi Bar. The restaurant’s opening is planned for next summer.

Popular menu items include the Mi-So-Hot, a tonkotsu-style ramen made with spicy pork-bone broth, miso blend, goma pork, ajitama egg, napa cabbage, bean sprout, corn and sesame seeds. The Ol’ Skool ramen is made with chicken shoyu broth, chashu pork, ajitama egg, menma, scallion, white onion, nori and pepper.

The restaurant also offers flavor bombs, which can be added to ramen. Options include a spicy, corn and chili bomb.

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A data center in Hutto, the Texas Municipal Center in Georgetown and a 7 Brew in Austin are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Colovore Hutto ($280 million): This project involves the construction of a 192,694-square-foot, one-story data center building.

2. Texas Municipal Center ($60 million): The Texas Municipal League will be relocating its headquarters to downtown Georgetown.

3. Frontier ER ($2 million): This project involves the construction of a freestanding emergency medical facility.

4. C Store ($1.2 million): A new C store convenience store is coming to Bastrop, with construction expected to conclude next September. 

5. 7 Brew ($400,000): A new 7 Brew location will be coming to Austin. The drive-thru coffee shop has locations in Manor and Round Rock.

Voters in the newly redrawn US House District 37 will choose their representative on Nov. 3, with early voting running Oct. 19-30. Community Impact asked candidates in competitive races to answer a set of questions on their motivations, priorities, and vision for the district.

Read the full Q&A for details on each candidate's platform ahead of the general election.

The Texas comptroller's office is requesting that lawmakers provide more than $2 billion for the state's education savings account program, which subsidizes private education and homeschooling for participating families.

How we got here: The legislature created the program in 2025, allocating $1 billion for the 2026-27 school year. Nearly 110,000 students have received state dollars from the program so far, and officials said funding should be doubled to ensure more students can enroll in the next two years.

Zooming in: According to the comptroller's legislative appropriations request for the 2028-29 biennium, it would cost:

• $916 million per year to continue funding the roughly 110,000 students currently enrolled

• $82 million annually would be needed to fund siblings of participating children who will soon qualify for the program

• $980 million per year to provide funding for more than 106,000 students on the program's waitlist

Something to note: The comptroller's $2 billion base budget request would not fully cover the waitlist and interest list, which would cost nearly $4 billion for the 2027-28 and 2028-29 school years.