League City recently approved its $333 million budget and no-new-revenue tax rate, marking the 12th consecutive year the city’s property tax rate has decreased.

What residents should know: League City City Council unanimously approved the final reading of the city’s proposed $333 million budget and a tax rate of $0.356505 per $100 valuation of a home for fiscal year 2026-27 at its Sept. 8 meeting.

Also of note: The city approved a $333 million budget, with public safety as the single largest operational cost, according to city documents.

Digging deeper: The League City Police Department accounts for around $30 million of the general fund’s expenses.

Kemah City Council discussed the city’s use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers and directed city staff and the Kemah Police Department to investigate and clarify how the city currently uses the cameras and—if the city were to take them down—how it would impact the city financially.

The details: KPD Police Chief Raymond Garivey Jr. said there are 41 cameras in the city which law enforcement can access; 18 of those are automated license plate reader cameras.

What happened: City Council discussed what the city’s policy should be regarding the cameras, in light of citizen concerns about privacy, at its Sept. 2 meeting.

Next steps: City Council asked city staff to look into several questions about the city’s use of Flock cameras and report back with its findings.

Pizza King in League City began as a one-off mom-and-pop pizzeria after a New York native bought the existing pizza shop and rebranded it.

Dodi Vasquez grew up in the shop, starting as a summer employee during his teen years, and eventually took over the restaurant, and recently expanded the shop with a second location in Kemah.

Craving pizza: Pizza King offers an assortment of pizzas, but the most popular is currently “Hey Honey,” which is a double pepperoni pizza with hot honey drizzle, Vasquez said.

What else: Along with pizza, the shop offers garlic knots, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, toasted ravioli, wings and salads, according to the restaurant’s menu.

📍103 Davis Road, League City

📍800 Bradford Ave., Kemah

On Sept. 1, the State Board of Education moved forward with an overhaul of what Texas high schoolers will learn in four social studies courses: U.S. History, U.S. Government, World History and World Geography.

What's happening: Roughly 100 Texans testified about the high school curriculum rewrite at an Aug. 31 meeting, with the debate revolving around how students would learn about the two largest world religions, Christianity and Islam.

Dozens of Muslim Texans asked that students learn about the religion’s core principles and how Muslims have contributed to advancements in math, science and medicine throughout history.

Some testifiers said the social studies curriculum should highlight the role of Christianity in the founding of Texas and the U.S., praising the board for prioritizing “American exceptionalism” and topics that they said would teach students to love the country.

The context: The discussion comes as the Republican-led board nears the finish line on its new K-12 social studies curriculum standards.

If approved, the new requirements will be rolled out to public school classrooms in the 2030-31 school year.