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CPRIT Awards Grants to 15 Dallas-Fort Worth Researchers in Latest Funding Round
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 5, 2025
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas offers funding opportunities for promising cancer research, product development, and prevention programs. The state-funded initiative stands as the second-largest public backer of cancer research in the U.S. after the National Cancer Institute.
by David Seeley |
Dec 4, 2025
Cevitr's new North American HQ in Richardson has a not-so-secret weapon: a non-human digital worker named "Jo." Powered by robotic process automation and AI, Jo can operate for companies 24/7, 365 days a year—completing tasks with "speed and accuracy" while freeing human workers to focus on higher-value projects.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 4, 2025
The new facility greatly increases production capacity, enhances operational efficiency, and positions the company for long-term innovation in critical RF systems, high-reliability components, and next-generation technologies, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 13, 2025
HOAM is an investment firm specializing in PropTech and real estate technology. Its subsidiary TownSq is a leading tech platform providing comprehensive solutions for homeowner association communities. HOAM said it aims to expand its client base to more than 100,000 HOAs within the next eight months.
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MedeAnalytics has announced the appointment of Justin L. Neece as Chief Growth Officer. [Photo: MedeAnalytics]
Healthcare Data Management Firm MedeAnalytics Names New Chief Growth Officer
by Lance Murray | Sep 4, 2025
Justin Neece comes to Richardson-based MedeAnalytics following his recent role as chief growth officer at Azara Healthcare, which merged with i2i Population Healthcare, for which he had served as president and CEO.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 6, 2025
At the statewide TUNIE meeting hosted at SMU, top local economic developers laid out how they’re teaming up with universities to drive innovation and entrepreneurship. Leaders from Dallas, Richardson, Frisco, and McKinney talked anchor institutions to smart-city pilots—but for better partnerships, one ask rose to the top: “Who do I call first?”
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
Backed by the Department of Defense and $200 million in private capital, the new facility helps companies prototype and scale battery technologies for both commercial use and national defense. The launch comes at a time when supply chain independence is a growing priority.
Government and industry leaders recently got a first look.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 18, 2025
“These funded improvements will connect people who choose walking and bicycling as modes of transportation to schools, transit services, and major hubs of employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,” said Kevin Kokes of the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
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GEICO's Richardson office. [Photo: Business Wire]
GEICO To Open 2nd Office Building in Richardson, Adding 1,000‑Plus New Jobs
by Lance Murray | Apr 1, 2025
GEICO's announcement comes three months after it revealed plans to add 500 jobs in Richardson. That's now been raised to a total of more than 1,500 new jobs in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 5, 2024
GEICO said the expansion follows significant growth in its commercial insurance business over the last 18 months, driven by new products including long-haul trucking insurance.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 12, 2024
New fitness center brands have been pumping into North Texas lately, from Lumin Fitness in Las Colinas featuring gamification tech via wall-to-wall LED screens; Canyon Ranch in Fort Worth with its "world-class wellness" spa offerings and high-tech, high-end fitness; EoS Fitness locations across DFW featuring MOVEoS Cinema workouts; to Playkout, the "first-ever" pickleball-inspired fitness studio, which recently opened in Dallas and also features video-based gamification. But next month, yet another brand is launching in the region—and it's the only one with a women's-only "Babe Cave," complete with a neon-topped "Queen AF" throne.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 23, 2024
Chris Shacklett has served since February as interim director. Previously, he was assistant director of development services and planning for the North Texas city—one of many roles he's held there over the last 17 years.
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in The Cedars neighborhood of Dallas [Photo: Alamo Drafthouse/Cedars ]
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema To Reopen All 5 of Its DFW Theaters in August
by Lance Murray | Jul 19, 2024
Alamo Drafthouse is set to reopen all of the theaters it acquired after their closure as part of a franchisee's Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing—including DFW’s Cedars, Lake Highlands, Las Colinas, Richardson, and Denton locations and the Woodbury location in Minnesota's Twin Cities. The reopenings will be rolled out throughout the month of August.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 12, 2024
Ron Wozny has been appointed as senior vice president of marketing and business development and Jessica Zan has been named senior director of clinical implementations at Richardson-based MyDirectives, an innovator in digital advance care planning....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 19, 2024
"Our culture is built on trust, teamwork and focus—and these individuals have been instrumental in our work to accelerate growth for our nonprofit partners," CEO Chris Pritcher said.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 7, 2024
Richardson-based Service Experts has acquired 19 local HVAC and plumbing service centers from Connecticut-based HomeServe USA Corp., an acquisition that brings its total number of local service centers to 98, serving homeowners across 31 states.
With this expansion, Service Experts said it is building on its leading position of delivering “worry-free comfort” to more homes and businesses across the nation....
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