Allen ISD leaders approved a two-cent decrease in the school district’s property tax rate in August.

The full story: The board of trustees approved a total tax rate of $1.1037 per $100 of assessed valuation during an Aug. 24 meeting. It is lower than last year’s tax rate of $1.1258 per $100 of assessed value and AISD’s lowest tax rate since 1993, according to a district presentation.
 

Looking for something fun to do in Allen this month? Check out these 7 events happening in September. 

1. All Elite Wrestling: The Credit Union of Texas Event Center is hosting an evening of professional wrestling. The event will feature live matches from both AEW Collision and AEW Dynamite.

• Sept. 2, 6:30 p.m.
• Ticket prices vary
• 200 E. Stacy Road, Ste. 1350, Allen

• Sept. 14, 7-8:30 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 540 N. Watters Road, Allen

• Sept. 15, time TBD
• Free (admission)
• 1201 E. Bethany Drive, Allen

SH 5 in McKinney is turning into a 4-lane roadway and a hospital in the Alliance area is expanding its neonatal unit. Check out some of the latest construction projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Core Scientific renovations
One of Denton’s two data centers, Core Scientific, will see renovations for a 27,678 square-foot facility to be used as a data hall, according to a TDLR filing.

• Location: 8171 Jim Christal Road, Denton
• Estimated timeline: Sept. 1, 2026-May 31. 2027
• Estimated cost: $110 million

• Location: From Spur 399 to south of FM 1378
• Estimated timeline: June 1, 2026-Dec. 1, 2028
• Estimated cost: $60 million

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."