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Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan, M.D. [Photo: Novartis]
Global Pharma Giant Novartis To Build Next-Gen Cancer Drug Plant in Denton, Creating North Texas Jobs
by Sandra Engelland | Feb 25, 2026
The purpose-built radiopharmaceutical site is the company’s fifth in the U.S. and the first manufacturing facility in Texas. It's expected to create new jobs in bioengineering, advanced manufacturing, quality, and operations.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 5, 2025
The New York Stock Exchange said that Bryan Daniel brings extensive experience in public policy, most recently serving as the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. The NYSE Texas HQ at Old Parkland is slated to open next year.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 29, 2025
Highlighting Texas's key role in boosting Japan-U.S. economic ties, Arlington will serve as host city for three consecutive years, anchoring the summit in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2025
Founded in 2015, Rio Rancho, New Mexico-based NTx Bio manufactures pharmaceutical-grade raw materials for use in the development of RNA- and protein-based therapeutics.
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The FLRAA will be based on Bell Textron's V-280 Valor tiltrotor and will replace the Army's Black Hawk combat attack helicopter fleet. [Photo: Bell]
Bell Announces $632M Next-Gen Assault Aircraft Factory in North Fort Worth, Creating Over 500 Jobs
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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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2024
The executive committee will govern the work of the consortium and work with industry stakeholders to ensure Texas’ place as a national leader in advanced semiconductor research, design, and manufacturing. "We now lead the nation as the No. 1 state for semiconductor manufacturing," Gov. Abbott said.
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Justin Hiles, COO of VLK Architects [Photo: VLK Architects]
Governor Appoints Dallas Executive to Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
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. Ebbeler Jr., and Eva Read-Warren. Rosa Salazar and Joyce Smith were re-appointed....
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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 |
Oct 3, 2023
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s considered far more addictive than heroin, is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. Experts say that Fentanyl can be fatal even if just a tiny amount—so small it could fit on a pencil eraser—is ingested.
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Among her other creditials, Angelique De Luca is a former member of the TCU Chancellor’s Advisory Council [Photo: TCU]
Fort Worth Film Leader Appointed to Governor’s Commission for Women
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. She’s vice chair of the Lone Star Film Festival, a member of the Screen Actors Guild of America and Women Steering Business, and former member of the Texas Christian University Chancellor’s Advisory Council....
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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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by Lance Murray |
Jun 26, 2023
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath has been directed by Gov. Greg Abbott to waive specific requirements for school districts or open-enrollment charter schools to continue offering virtual instruction options for students in grades 3 through 12 via the Texas Virtual School Network (TXVSN) for the next two school years....
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