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Gov. Greg Abbott
Left: Gov. Abbott and statewide partners celebrated the 13th Governor’s Cup. Right: The DRC's Kevin Shatley with Gov. Abbott at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. [Photos: DRC]
With DFW at Forefront, Texas Wins Its 13th Straight Governor’s Cup for Economic Development
by Lance Murray | Mar 11, 2025
Site Selection noted 1,368 corporate investment projects in Texas in 2024—more than doubling second-place Illinois and surpassing last year’s total by 114—as Texas continues its commanding economic leadership. DFW led the way with 36% of Texas' total projects.
by David Seeley |
Dec 18, 2024
Two years after winning the U.S. Army’s biggest helicopter competition in 40 years—replacing the famed Black Hawk with a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft—Fort Worth-based Bell Textron announced a new factory in AllianceTexas will manufacture components for the next-gen tilt-rotor aircraft.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 18, 2024
Richardson-based IntelliEPI is the only domestic manufacturer of epitaxy-based compound wafers for the semiconductor industry. Its facility in Allen is expected to create more than $41 million in capital investment and nearly triple the company’s annual wafer production, Gov. Greg Abbott's office said.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jul 15, 2024
Two local projects—the North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls and the Terrell State Hospital—got the lion’s share of the recently announced $1.5 billion in funding. Another North Texas hospital construction project funded by the state of Texas, the nearly half-billion-dollar Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern, is already underway.
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Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub Makes Its Pitch to Taiwanese Tech Investors & Partners
by Lance Murray | Mar 14, 2024
Local Tech Hub consortium members made their pitches remotely Thursday to representatives of more than 100 companies and academia attending the meeting in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. SMU's Suku Nair said the pitch is just one example of how the Tech Hub's impact has "regional, national, and global significance."
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 10, 2024
A Dallas architecture firm executive is one of five people appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners.
Justin Hiles, the COO of VLK Architects in Dallas, was appointed to the board along with Michael A....
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 7, 2023
A Skills Development Fund (SDF) grant award totaling $1,009,383 to Dallas College by the Texas Workforce Commission in partnership with Mint Dentistry, Kpost Company, Kpost Roofing, On-Target Supplies and Logistics, and The Richards Group was announced Thursday by Gov....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 30, 2023
Serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand, Charter said the investment will enable the delivery of symmetrical and multi-gigabit speeds across Texas, while also funding rural broadband expansion for currently unserved and underserved homes and small businesses in the Lone Star State.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 15, 2023
Angelique De Luca of Fort Worth has been appointed to the Governor’s Commission for Women for a term set to expire on December 31.
De Luca is the founder and CEO of Four Falling Stars Productions....
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 4, 2023
A retired BNSF executive has been appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
Fort Worth resident Roger Nober’s term is set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027.
Nober is a retired executive vice president of BNSF Railway and is a principal at Salten Point Consulting....
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 11, 2023
The Jobs and Education for Texas grants will help six North Texas colleges and school districts buy and install equipment to initially train 1,164 students for high-demand occupations, the State of Texas announced.
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Fifty community colleges across Texas, including Dallas College's Mountain View campus in Oak Cliff, will see increased funding under the newly passed bill. [Photo: Dewberry]
Texas Adopts ‘Outcome-Centered’ Community College Funding Plan with $2.2B Over Next Two Years
by Lance Murray | Jun 12, 2023
Texas is reforming its community college finance system to align policy and funding incentives with "the rapidly changing needs of the workforce," the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board said. The newly passed bill positions Texas as "a national leader in linking funding for community colleges to measurable student-centric outcomes," state officials added.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
General Motors said the investment will enable it to strengthen its industry-leading full-size SUV business. Since 2013, GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for its Arlington Assembly plant. See why the company is committed to offering internal combustion engine vehicles for years to come—despite its plan to spend $35 billion on electric and autonomous vehicle development by 2025.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 8, 2023
Dallas College and Irving-based Gainwell Technologies have been awarded grants by the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor to provide specialized training in the healthcare industry. This training encompasses cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and advanced data analytics.
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by Lance Murray |
May 5, 2023
The authority oversees development and conservation of surface water resources of the Trinity River Basin.
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