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Alvin ISD projects flat budget of $391.4M for FY 2026-27

Alvin ISD officials expect the operating budget for fiscal year 2026-27 to remain flat at about $391.4 million, unchanged from the FY 2025-26 budget.

AISD’s Chief Financial Officer Daniel Combs attributed this projection to slowed enrollment growth, changes in the state funding model and other variables discussed during the budget presentation at the board of trustees' May 5 workshop session.

What residents need to know: The district is projecting a preliminary tax rate of $1.1353 per $100 valuation of a home for FY 2026-27, according to budget documents.

What’s next: The board of trustees is scheduled to consider adoption of the FY 2026-27 budget at its June 9 meeting.

 
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Pilates Addiction to open studio in Manvel

Pilates Addiction will open a new studio in Manvel, located at the Shops at Bluewater, according to the company’s website.

An official opening date has not yet been announced.

What's in a name: The studio will offer Pilates classes for various fitness levels, with 30-50 minute sessions focused on core strength, full-body conditioning, flexibility, and improving posture and mobility, according to the website.

  • 18909 Hwy. 6, Manvel.
 
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Greater Houston struggling to keep up with growing demand for childcare

Forty-four ZIP codes in the Greater Houston area have childcare deserts, with 28 of those ZIP codes designated as chronic childcare deserts, according to April 9 data released by the research and advocacy nonprofit Children at Risk.

The 2026 analysis shows childcare facilities tend to open in areas where it is already attainable, whereas more rural and low-income regions are overlooked.

Zooming in: An area is considered a childcare desert when the number of children under six years old with working parents surpasses the number of childcare providers by three times in a certain ZIP code, according to Children at Risk’s website. A ZIP code becomes chronic once it is listed as a childcare desert for three sequential years.

The bottom line: During the 2026 Children at Risk’s child care desert April 13 press conference, Santrice Jones-Hare, director of the Greater Houston Strong Start Alliance at Children at Risk, said Houston’s overall childcare quality has improved; however, families' ability to access that care remains an obstacle.

 

Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Panda Fest

Passport to Play

May 8-10, times vary
Houston

May 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sugar Land

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Mother’s Day Market

Jazz Night

May 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Houston

May 9, 6-10 p.m.
League City

Learn more.

Learn more.

 
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Texas businesses can continue selling smokable hemp until July 27, judge rules

Texas retailers can keep various smokable hemp products on their shelves through late July, a Travis County judge ruled May 1.

The overiew: Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle’s ruling prohibits the Texas Department of State Health Services, which regulates and licenses consumable hemp businesses, from enforcing new THC testing requirements and sharply increasing licensing fees.

The hemp industry previously argued that the DSHS was overstepping its regulatory authority by changing how Texas classifies THC content. State officials have defended the reclassification and other rules as in line with a September executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott.

What it means: DeSeta Lyttle’s temporary injunction extends an earlier pause on the DSHS rules, which was issued April 10.

The pause applies to all consumable hemp businesses in Texas, allowing them to continue producing, manufacturing and selling smokable products until at least July 27, when a final court trial is scheduled. That could change if the state appeals the ruling to a higher court.

 

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