Amazon to Build Robotics Manufacturing Facility in Austin, Creating Up to 500 Jobs
Amazon has selected Austin as the site of a new robotics manufacturing facility, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 19.
Amazon has selected Austin as the site of a new robotics manufacturing facility, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 19.
A developer building three gigawatt-scale AI data centers in West Texas told state lawmakers Aug. 18 that two of the sites cannot be reached by air.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced a sweeping overhaul of how the state collects taxes and fees on Aug. 18, unveiling a package of changes his office calls the Taxpayer First Project.
The Texas House Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development will gavel in at 10 a.m. Aug. 26 to hear invited testimony only on five interim charges, running from the state's fractured child-care system to the resilience of Texas supply chains.
The Texas Workforce Commission meets Tuesday to take up the legislative review that will decide whether the agency exists past next September.
The Texas House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock will gavel in at 11 a.m. Aug. 18 to take invited and public testimony on three interim charges: implementation of last year's overhaul of the state's farm-lending authority, the long-term resiliency of Texas agriculture, and oversight of the 14 state agencies under the panel's jurisdiction.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced that cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts will receive $1.4 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 13.6 percent more than in August 2025, according to an Aug. 12 news release from the comptroller's office.
The seven-member board that borrows money on behalf of the rest of Texas state government meets Friday morning in a work session, and the only substantive item is its own budget request for 2028 and 2029.
The Texas House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services will gavel in at 10 a.m. Aug. 18 to hear invited testimony only on four interim charges: the rollout of two laws passed last session and reviews of the actuarial soundness of the state's two largest pension systems.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 10 that Bristol Myers Squibb will establish a new pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Houston, a capital investment of approximately $2.3 billion that is expected to create nearly 500 new jobs, according to a news release from the governor's office.