After almost 10 years, the City of Hutto, TX, is finally moving forward with a bond project to make improvements to the main street in downtown. Voters approved the East Street Improvement Project back in 2009, but nothing's happened until now.

Third time was the charm for the developers of master-planned community of FM 1488 after the Magnolia City Council agreed to issue about $2 million in bonds to help fund the continued development of Magnolia Ridge.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced that USDA is awarding four loans to help provide broadband service in rural portions of California, Illinois, Iowa and Texas.

The bill will authorize a RLF for ship channel improvement projects that have been authorized by Congress. Such projects are expensive, and they generally require a port authority or state agency to pay 35 to 50 percent of the costs, according to a report from the Senate Select Committee on Texas Ports.

After 18 years in business, Baton Rouge-based Provident Resources Group, a nonprofit development and management company that has been involved in everything from housing for college students to correctional facilities in North Carolina, is changing its focus and developing hotels.

Following the annexation of 459.6 acres of land on the city's west side, Sherman issued over $6 million in bonds for work on the water systems of that and several other areas.

A proposal to restrict property tax exemptions for wind farms near military bases has received preliminary approval from Texas House lawmakers.

Just halfway into a strategic planning process that's taking a deep look at how Fort Worth's economic development programs are working, city officials have already learned of one challenge ahead of them — having an ample and educated workforce for the future.

The Port of Brownsville is closer than it's ever been to finally landing a steel mill, something it's been pursuing for decades. Brownsville is one of two finalists for a $1.5 billion, advanced flex steel mill identical to Big River Steel's new plant in Osceola, Ark., the world's first LEED-certified facility of its kind. Big River is pursuing incentives worth at least 10 percent of the project's $1.5 billion cost, or $150 million.

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