Issue 07
Published June 5, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Summer opens with a verdict and a slipped deadline. Voters said yes to Magnolia ISD's $465.7 million bond, and we lay out exactly what gets built and when. TxDOT's own numbers move the FM 1488 finish line a year down the road. Between those two clocks: a boutique with the most violent name in Texas retail, and everything worth doing in Magnolia this June.
Schools · The Record
The Bond Passed. Here's What Magnolia ISD Builds Now.
63.51% yes, six months after voters said no. Two new elementaries, a third high school on FM 1486, buses with seat belts — and the honest answer on what a "no tax-rate change" bond does to your bill anyway. The record of what passed, on what clock.
Read the record →Business · Magnolia 100
Magnolia 100: Six Shooter Junction Boutique
A women's boutique on FM 1488 named for a 1905 courthouse gunfight that killed a sitting congressman — and run for twelve years by a woman who walked away from corporate jewelry because she'd rather know her customers' names than manage a region.
Read the profile →Magnolia Life · The Guide
Your June in Magnolia
The Class of 2026 has walked and the library went full dinosaur. Market days, Friday concerts, Juneteenth in Willis, a chili showdown in Tomball, two county meetings worth a calendar slot, and a four-week warning on the fireworks at Unity Park.
Read the guide →Roads · Civic Watch
FM 1488's Finish Line Just Moved a Year
The through-town widening was supposed to wrap in August 2026. TxDOT's latest update says third quarter of 2027. One project is nearly done, one just lost a year, and the nine-mile median project hasn't had a public status since November — its deadline closes in 25 days.
Read the status board →Coming next
More Magnolia 100 profiles, the raised median's fate as its deadline quarter closes June 30, and the county budget calendar's first public dates.
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