Gov. Greg Abbott

UT Arlington, Rice Get $4M Grant to Build Hill Country Flood Warning System

by | May 5, 2026
Partnering with Rice University, UTA’s Water Engineering Research Center will provide a high-resolution, Texas-focused weather monitoring and modeling network to deliver faster, more precise flood warnings in flood-prone areas of the Texas Hill Country.
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Global Pharma Giant Novartis To Build Next-Gen Cancer Drug Plant in Denton, Creating North Texas Jobs
by | 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.
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NYSE Texas Gets a Leader as It Sets Up Headquarters at Dallas’ Old Parkland Campus
by | 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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Japan-Texas Economic Summit To Be Held Next May in Arlington
by | 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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With DFW at Forefront, Texas Wins Its 13th Straight Governor’s Cup for Economic Development

by | 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.
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Bell Announces $632M Next-Gen Assault Aircraft Factory in North Fort Worth, Creating Over 500 Jobs
by | 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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North Texas’ IntelliEPI Receives $4.1M Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant
by | 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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Gov. Abbott Announces 7 New State Hospital Projects, Including $1B+ for Two in North Texas
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 | 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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Governor Appoints Dallas Executive to Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
by | 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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Dallas College Receives $1M Job Training Grant From Texas Workforce Commission
by | 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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Charter Communications Announces $1.3B Broadband Investment in Texas
by | 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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Abbott Appoints 6 To Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities

by | Sep 15, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Neva Fairchild and Lauren Taylor and reappointed Ellen Bauman, Elyse Lieberman, Ph.D., Eric Lindsay, and Kristie Orr, Ph.D. to the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities.

Three of the appointees are from North Texas, and all have terms set to expire on Feb. 1, 2025....

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Fort Worth Film Leader Appointed to Governor’s Commission for Women
by | 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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Governor Appoints Retired BNSF Exec to Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission
by | 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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North Texas Schools Awarded $3.5M In Career Training Grants by Texas Workforce Commission
by | 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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