Maybe more defense manufacturing where WAP is growing?

Congratulations to Austin's star semiconductor CEO.

Massive win for the U.S. and North Texas.

Massive movement forward for American manufacturing and the Central Texas economy. Congrats to Samsung and all the great people who will benefit. Opportunity Austin , Samsung Semiconductor , Michael McCaul , Senator John Cornyn , Glenn Hamer.

Huge win for American manufacturing and for North Texas. Congrats to Texas Instruments , Senator John Cornyn Michael McCaul , @RepKayGranger Colin Allred Adriana Cruz Secretary Gina Raimondo

Critical to Texas and our nation. We need multiple world-class Digital Service Academies for those who can work in Texas; ready capital for start-up disruptors and a deeper talent pipeline within state govt. Ty for your leadership, Gov Abbott.

AZ wins natl CHIPS R&D facility for adv chip packaging. Congrats, AZ. Thought Texas' deeper innov ecosystem, denser research & tech talent, state $$$, water, energy prices, bipartisan support would carry the day. Look forward to seeing AZ differentiators. news.asu.edu/20250106-scien…

Big moves in MD on quantum. Eco dev thru recruiting world class talent in edge tech and in infrastructure. Helps that feds invest so close to DC, to create sustained revenue.

Gov Abbott announces need to create a San Antonio based Texas CyberCommand as an emergency item in his State of the State. Good idea. gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/…

Gov Abbott leads State of State address with Texas Space Commission, $10Bn in property tax cuts, water & energy expansion, creation of Texas CyberCommand. These will improve Texas' manufacturing capabilities with more work on accelerating innovation. gov.texas.gov/news/post/gove…

Great news to have Sen Cornyn in this key position to advocate on behalf of Texas' and our nation's economic competitiveness and interests.

Re-prioritizing should be, well, a priority. Does 8% cut to defense spending potentially lead to base closures? Given impact Texas' military installations have, should Texas proactively increase state Defense Adjustment Grant funds to strengthen our hand? washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Texas should be "O-PLAN 10." We're a global center of energy, autonomy, research, skilled tradespeople, linked to LA, AR, OK, AL and a lot of coastline. Trump to launch new White House office focused on shipbuilding navytimes.com/news/pentagon-…

Huge ty to Hugh Forrest SXSW. For decades, Hugh built world's most innov conf here in Austin. He put us on map, helped many create, launch & scale ideas, co's & complem events. Hugh kept Interactive going thru init growth and near death in COVID. He's humble, decent &and kind

Short term, a good sign for Texas trad energy production expansion. hartenergy.com/exclusives/us-…

Hugh Forrest is one of the most outcome oriented, warm hearted, open, passionate, reflective yet grounded leaders Austin has ever had. 35 yrs of grinding to put Austin on the map and building the biggest stages to cultivate talent, ideas and what's next. statesman.com/story/news/202…

Two great Texans building an important company in a dynamic space. And genuinely good guys to boot.

F35 gathering in fort worth. As many fighters built in a year at Lockheed as rest of world combined. $10B impact. 39k jobs. Ty Fort Worth.