Harris County voters will be able to start casting ballots on Feb. 17 across a number of county, state and federal races.

The big picture: Early voting for the March 3 primary elections begins Feb. 17 and will run through Feb. 27, according to the Harris County Elections office. During early voting, registered voters will be able to vote at any polling location in the county.

To find the nearest voting center, residents can use the county's interactive map to see 60 different locations. Early voting will run from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on each day except for Feb. 22, when early voting will be available from noon-7 p.m.

What else? Election day is March 3, and Community Impact will be monitoring and providing updates on early voting and election day results. To see candidate questionnaires and keep up with results, please visit Community Impact's election coverage.

Harmony Science Academy, a STEM-focused charter school, has plans to expand its City Place campus to welcome middle and high school students by the start of the 2027-28 school year.

The gist: Harmony will add nearly 80,000 square feet to its campus in the City Place master-planned community to serve approximately 850 middle and high school students, said Sally Magnuson, Harmony Public Schools communications director for the Houston North District.

The single-story campus will include a multi-purpose sports field, engineering and robotics labs and a large cafeteria with a performance stage, Magnuson told Community Impact.

The timeline: A Feb. 4 project filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows construction is scheduled to begin April 15 and wrap up by mid-August 2027. Details are subject to change. 

Another detail: Magnuson said the City Place reflects Harmony's new model bringing K-12 students together in one campus community, simplifying daily routines for parents.

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Single-family sales declined to 4,999 homes compared to a year earlier, when 5,047 homes sold in January 2025, HAR reports. The median home price decreased to $322,045, its lowest level since January 2024, when it stood at $320,000.

What else: The average single-family home price rose 2.8% to $416,722, driven largely by more activity in the luxury market, according to the report. The luxury segment was the strongest-performing sector, with transactions up 15.5% year over year, the report states. As inventory expanded, homes averaged 66 days on the market, up from 61 days in 2025.

Quote of note: “With rates expected to ease a little this year, buyers who have been waiting on the sidelines may start to feel more confident and enter the market. That should help maintain demand and create additional opportunities for sellers throughout the year,” HAR Chair Theresa Hill said.

Thousands of students who apply for Texas’ education savings accounts will likely not be accepted into the first year of the program, application data from the state comptroller’s office shows.

What's happening: Over 101,000 students had applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts as of Feb. 15. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. March 17.

Program funding is capped at $1 billion for the 2026-27 school year, meaning between 90,000 and 100,000 students will likely be accepted. With demand expected to outpace available funding, applications will be prioritized through a need- and income-based lottery system.

Zooming in: Over 70% of program applicants were from low- or middle-income households, according to data from the comptroller’s office. Under Senate Bill 2, the 2025 law that created the program:

• “Low-income” is defined as families with annual household incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty line, or about $66,000 for a family of four.
• “Middle-income” is defined as families with incomes at or below 500% of the federal poverty line, or about $165,000 for a family of four.