Gov. Greg Abbott visits Caterpillar’s Seguin facility as the company announces a $5 million commitment to advanced manufacturing workforce development across Texas. [Photo: Caterpillar Inc.]
Gov. Greg Abbott joined company executives to announce the investment, which is part of Caterpillar’s 5-year, $100M effort to support manufacturing’s digital transformation.
Over three years, grants funded by The BlackRock Foundation will be used to help train more than 12,000 Texans for high-paying electrical careers, boosting the workforce needed to support Texas’ rapid growth, BlackRock said.
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.
According to the city, the need for technical workers in Johnson County is expected to increase by 24 percent in the next decade. Burleson Works will focus on filling workforce gaps in the coming years.
Two North Texas startups — Rockwall-based Resolute Grid, a provider of power transformers, and Dallas-based Auger, a provider of supply-chain software — recently received awards at the Venture Dallas 2026 conference....
Two North Texas startups — Rockwall-based Resolute Grid, a provider of power transformers, and Dallas-based Auger, a provider of supply-chain software — recently received awards at the Venture Dallas 2026 conference....