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Making Headlines in Texas This Week
Feds deliver positive rating for Austin’s $7.1B light rail project
Project Connect – Austin’s most ambitious plan to bring a light-rail system online – is inching closer to reality after receiving a positive rating and federal recommendation from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The agency recently released the funding...
Houston advances $36M Bissonnet Corridor safe streets project
Houston is advancing a $36 million transportation safety project, funded by a $28 million Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant and $7 million in local match funds. The Bissonnet Corridor Safe Streets Project, led by Houston Public Works, will...
FTA awards $100M grant for Harris County clean transit transformation
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) in Texas has received $100.7 million to transition its fleet to clean-fuel vehicles and infrastructure. The funding was delivered through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Low- or No-Emission Bus...
New leader to drive state’s Health and Human Services Commission
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Stephanie Muth to serve as Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) beginning Jan. 3, with a term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027. The appointment follows the planned retirement of Executive...
Profile in Power: Bryce Carter, Arlington’s CISO
Strategic Partnerships, Inc. salutes you, public sector officials: The Profiles in Power section spotlights and recognizes powerful figures across America’s public sector landscape. This week’s Profile in Power is Bryce Carter, the chief information security officer...
Comptroller restructures small business support program to prioritize veterans
In its latest effort to align its policies with the current administration’s, the Texas comptroller of public accounts has announced that the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program has been restructured into the Veteran Heroes United in Business (VetHUB),...
Dallas to build $121M Klyde Warren Park expansion with landmark deck
The city of Dallas will spend $121 million to complete the second phase of the Klyde Warren Park expansion project. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2026. Phase 2 of the project will follow through on concepts laid out for development in 2020 but were delayed...
$100M STEM facility marks major expansion for UNT Dallas
UNT Dallas, the only public, four-year university located in the city of Dallas, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new state-of-the-art STEM building. The 120,220-square-foot building, completed just two years after its September 2023 groundbreaking, will...