On June 10, Blinn College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex. 

A new chapter: Construction of the complex was officially announced Sept. 15, 2025. The purpose of the facility is to support students and the region's growing workforce. The complex has a wide variety of labs that will train students in multiple industries, including:

• Medical and computer learning labs
• Mechantronics/advanced manufacturing labs
• Skilled trades labs

Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen officials said the pizzeria opened at the end of May is now serving New York style pizzas, philly cheesesteaks and Italian street food.

On the menu: Per the website Anthony & Luca's Pizza serves a variety of specialty pizzas including:

• Margherita Pizza

• Philly Cheesesteak Pizza

• Hawaiian Pineapple BBQ Chicken

The details: Per previous Community Impact reporting Anthony & Luca's Pizza Kitchen is based in Florida and was founded by Brian Petruzzi. The Cy-Fair location marks the first Texas franchise location.

Harris County commissioners requested additional information to create a new county committee that aims to streamline the process for moving infrastructure projects forward at the county level. The action follows concerns regarding the county's transparency and efficiency in addressing large infrastructure needs.

The big picture: County Administrator Erica Lee Carter presented the committee's structure and scope during the June 11 meeting, stating it will focus on creating standardized processes and procedures for infrastructure-related projects across all county departments. The committee would also keep track and create standardized reports for multiple infrastructure initiatives that have been operating under their own committees, including:

• Downtown Master Plan
• Vision Zero workgroup
• Transportation Master Plan
• Hardy Connector committee
• 2018 Flood Bond workgroup

The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County released the results of the 2026 Point-in-Time Count & Survey, which involves volunteers counting the number of individuals experiencing homelessness over three days across Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery counties.

This year's count took place in mid-February, with the results being released June 12.

The results are in: The report found that a total of 3,321 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in February, with 2,051 being sheltered individuals and 1,270 being unsheltered individuals.

The majority of homeless individuals were accounted for in Harris County, with 53.9% of sheltered individuals and 35.8% of unsheltered individuals coming from the most populous county in Texas.

The numbers are consistent with the figures from the 2025 report, which showed that approximately 3,325 individuals were homeless across the three counties.

More information: Officials with the coalition also pointed out that this year's report expands beyond the PIT Count to include additional indicators such as year-round interactions with the homeless response system, housing stability outcomes and inflow.