A bond committee of residents made recommendations to the Hutto City Council this month, with the biggest proposals being $10 million for athletic fields, $8 million for a second fire station, $6 million for a new police station, and $7.6 million for the reconstruction and extension of Live Oak Street.

TEX Rail is moving forward with plans to launch its commuter train service from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport by late 2018 after gaining a commitment for a half-billion dollars in federal money.

Amazon won roughly $23 million in local tax incentives over the past two years to locate its distribution centers in three Texas cities when the retail giant didn't need the funds and would have likely needed operations there any way, according to a new a study.

Waco City Council on Tuesday is set to seal the deal on a $100 million riverfront development known as the Brazos Promenade. The city has already pledged $20.2 million in Tax Increment Financing Zone funds to the project.

Taking a major step toward the improvement of the city's water and sewer system, Kilgore City Council members have agreed to begin the process of issuing certificates of obligation in an amount not to exceed $4.2 million.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the finalization of the Comprehensive Plan Update to guide over $3 billion in investments to enhance the resources and economies of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Clarendon's City Hall may have to be significantly remodeled to meet the conditions of USDA funding for a water system improvement project, the city council learned during their regular meeting on Thursday, December 8.

The City of Dallas is trying to incentivize grocery stores to move into southern Dallas, a food desert, by using P3 financing. The incentives do not seem to be enough however because grocery stores still do not see incentive enough to move there.

The recent investment in wind is a direct result of the construction of Texas' Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) line. This is a network of power lines that stretch more then 3,600 miles to allow wind farms to 'plug in' to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Electric Grid.

Part of president-elect Donald Trump's promise to create new jobs for Americans relies on a "deficit-neutral plan" to spend $1 trillion on public works projects, including hundreds of billions for roads and rail. But the strategy could result in something many Texans aren't going to like: more toll roads.

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