Navarro College—made famous by Netflix’s ‘Cheer’—facing federal lawsuit over racial profiling allegations

The lawsuit focuses on one specific Navarro College cop’s alleged pattern of racially profiling young Black men—though those connected to the case allege a wider pattern of racially motivated police misconduct on campus. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

DMN: Fossil Group’s 29-acre HQ in Richardson sells to JP Realty Partners

The sale was in partnership with Dallas-based Liberty Bankers Insurance, with $42 million in financing provided by Happy State Bank. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Why Byrne Construction Services is well-positioned to handle any potential economic slowdown

The Fort Worth-based company has a portfolio ratio of about 60% public sector work and 40% private sector work. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

North Texas’ lead in semiconductor space to leap ahead with expansions in Sherman

North Texas leads the state in semiconductor manufacturing, and two massive expansions in the city of Sherman position the region to grow that lead substantially over the next few years and beyond. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Odessa water outage underscores a growing problem: Aging pipes in Texas cities are getting more fragile

Texas had 3,866 water boil notices in 2021, the most in the last decade. Aging water systems threaten water supply and quality—and for many small towns across the state, they won’t be cheap to repair. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Texas officials want Abbott to formally declare an ‘invasion’ at border. So far, he’s stopped short.

The fringe group of conservative officials and lawmakers argue that an official ‘invasion’ declaration will empower state law enforcement officers to deport migrants independent of federal immigration officials. Abbott hasn’t gone there yet. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Pregnant Texas woman driving in HOV lane told police her unborn child counted as a passenger

Brandy Bottone of Plano says she received a citation for driving alone in the two-or-more occupant lane after arguing her fetus should be considered a person. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Mortgage firms quietly add space to North Texas’ office market

Space tied mortgage firms has been hitting North Texas’ office market, but it’s not necessarily what it sounds like. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Form D Friday: Kyle Bass-led environmental sustainability firm raises $114 million

See which local firms and companies are raising capital. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

North Texas-based Cookie Society’s strategy hits the sweet spot

During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when Black-owned businesses shut down at twice the rate of other companies, Frisco-based Cookie Society surged its e-commerce business. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

Simone Biles claps back at Trump lawyer who called her a loser: ‘Who is Jenna Ellis?’

The decorated Olympian celebrated becoming the youngest recipient ever of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. However, not all were happy with her achievement.  Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Texas’ youth lockups stop intake due to crisis-level understaffing, straining overcrowded holding centers

Shandra Carter, head of Texas’ juvenile justice agency, warned continued intake ‘will lead to an inability to even provide basic supervision for youth locked in their rooms.’ Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Impassioned Biden signs order on abortion access

“The challenge is go out and vote. For God’s sake there is an election in November!” Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

American Airlines pilots to get triple pay for flights affected by scheduling glitch

The deal prevents future chaos after a glitch during the Fourth of July weekend left more than 12,000 flights for the rest of the month pilotless. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Texas rent growth tracks with inbound residents who can afford it

Nearly half of Texas’ new residents have an income of $150,000 or more with only 17% earning less than $75,000. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

New York City-based Turton Bond appoints Craig Oxley to lead new offices in Houston and Austin

The project consultant behind Google, Facebook (Meta), and Equinox expands to Texas. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Former ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing minors

The sentencing comes after Harris pleaded guilty in February to two charges related to sexual abuse of minors involved in the same competitive cheerleading circles.  Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

City of Houston sues local convenience store for failing ‘remediate’ neighborhood crime

The lawsuit is part of the city’s One Safe Houston initiative targeting criminal ‘hot spots.’ Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Houston can expect a loud boom this weekend, NASA says

A special equipment test at the Johnson Space Center may make an “alarming” noise for unsuspecting Houstonians. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Los Angeles-based Tauro Capital Advisors opens office in Dallas, first step in Texas expansion

The company also has plans to open its second office in Austin by the end of this year. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

GlobiTech and Texas Instruments’ massive expansions in Sherman show the rise of ‘mega-projects,’ capacity of DFW

Massive multibillion-dollar expansions by GlobiTech and Texas Instruments that are anticipated to bring a combined 4,500 jobs to Sherman are an example of “mega-projects” that are on the rise worldwide, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, in its broadest geographic sense, is poised to reap big rewards from the moves, economic developers say. Top Featured Tags:…

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative nears deal in bankruptcy

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative has reached an agreement in principle with most of its creditors that could result in the Waco-based power supplier exiting bankruptcy by fall. Brazos filed for Chapter 11 restructuring protection on March 1, 2021, after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas slapped the power company with a $1.9 billion bill for…

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