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What are the stories that matter most to you as we move into 2025?

The Chronicle is constanly looking for ways to make our coverage most relevant and compelling to you, our readers. As we head full-steam into 2025, I figured now is the best time to check in with Insiders to find out what stories matter most to you.

Suburban growth, goverment and development are hot topics, and the Katy and Fort Bend areas are the fastest growing in the state. That means I have my work cut out for me to make sure I'm delivering coverage that's tailored to the needs of readers.

I want to know: what are the issues that matter most to you? What are the things that frustrate, excite, fascinate or confuse you the most? Infrastructure? Development? Policy change?

The topics are endless, so please drop me an email and share your thoughts with me on how I can bring you the news that matters most. Let's chat about it.

Claire Goodman, Katy reporter

claire.goodman@houstonchronicle.com

Education

Christie Whitbeck, from left, former superintendent for Fort Bend ISD, speaks about her lawsuit as her attorney Christopher Tritico and husband Keith Lazenby listen, after a press conference, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at Tritico's law office in Houston.

Photo by: Jon Shapley, Staff Photographer

Former Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Christie Whitbeck drops defamation suit

Former Fort Bend ISD superintendent Christie Whitbeck dropped her defamation suit last week, but will continue to pursue her breach of contract claim.

Need to Know

Mocktails at Loro, which has two locations in Houston.

Photo by: Hai Hospitality

11 restaurants and bars with mocktails during Dry January, including Katy

Houston restaurants and bars to find mocktails during Dry January include Andiron, Caracol, Hamsa, Jethro's, Loro, Phat Eatery, Postino's and Sixty Vines.

Openings and Closings

Welcome, Acro Fit Gym and Wellness, to the Katy and Fort Bend area. The new gym, located at 6527 Skyline Drive in Fulshear, is a state-of-the-art training facility for all fitness levels, according the company's website.

Shout out

Looking to save money on grocerie? Learn how to become a smarter and healthier shopper at Fort Bend County Libraries' "Eating Well, Saving More, Wasting Less" on Feb. 8 from 2-4 p.m. at the Mission Bend Branch Library.

Ryan Gant, a nutritionist with Fort Bend County Health and Human Services, will talk about the benefits of pre-planning healthy family meals. Learn how to save money and waste less food by practicing smart grocery shopping, mastering food labels and product dating, and implementing proper ways to store food.

The program is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged, but not required. To register online at FBCL's website at www.fortbend.lib.tx.us.

One last thing ...

We can go ahead and un-drip our faucets and pull our sheets off our landscaping, our newsroom meteorologist Justin Ballard tells us.

"Freezing temperatures had Southeast Texas shivering Monday and Tuesday morning, but clouds streaming in Wednesday will help keep morning temperatures a tad above freezing," Justin reports.

Now here comes the rain.