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The Last Word: Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub Leaders On Climbing the ‘Ladder of Success’

by | Apr 26, 2024
With all of the recent news about chips in Texas—including the Samsung $6B+ billion funding announcement by the Biden administration and North Texas’ anticipation of a new TI award—the Austin American-Statesman examined a claim the President made earlier this month.
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The Last Word: Mayor Johnson on Dallas Wings’ 2026 Move To Dallas Memorial Auditorium
by | Apr 25, 2024
The WNBA's Dallas Wings have played at College Park Center in Arlington for the last eight seasons and will be hooping their there through 2025. But thanks to a Wednesday vote by the Dallas City Council, the team will finally be playing in the city emblazoned on their jerseys starting in 2026.
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The Last Word: RevTech Principal On VC Value-Add Beyond Capital
North Texans took the stage at Texas Venture Gala & Forum last weekend in Austin.
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The Last Word: WalletHub Analyst On Best Places to Start a Business in 2024
Fort Worth is the top city in Texas, and three other North Texas cities made the top tier.
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The Last Word: Amtrak’s ‘Train Daddy’ on Leading the Charge for the Dallas-Houston Bullet Train

by | Apr 19, 2024
If you've followed the up-and-down journey of Texas Central's $30 billion Dallas-Houston bullet train project, you know it's offered high-speed dreams and at times challenging headlines. You also may remember that last August we told you the project might be back on track, after Amtrak and Texas Central announced they were partnering to explore advance planning and analysis on the proposed 205 MPH high-speed rail project.
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The Last Word: Red Productions’ Red Sanders on Producing ‘Fruitcake,’ Based on a Nearly $17M Embezzlement from Corsicana Bakery
by | Apr 18, 2024
From the early 2000s to 2013, something illegal got baked up at Corsicana-based Collin Street Bakery & Cafe—a relentless embezzlement of nearly $17 million by the bakery's comptroller, Sandy Jenkins. 
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The Last Word: HundredX’s Rob Pace on Partnering with Forbes on the 2024 Best Brands for Social Impact List
Dallas-based HundredX, a mission-based data and customer insights provider, partnered with Forbes to create the newly released 2024 Best Brands for Social Impact list. Powered by HundredX data, the list recognizes the top 300 brands for social impact based on over four million pieces of consumer feedback on more than 3,000 businesses during the past year.
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The Last Word: Dallas Council Member Jaynie Schultz on Proposed Improvements for Dallas’ Central Library
by | Apr 16, 2024
The Dallas Public Library's J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas—one of America's largest—was built in 1982 across from Dallas City Hall, and many agree it could use an overhaul. That especially includes library officials and consultants they brought in for a report on the building's future, among other needed investments in the city's library system.
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