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    Looking down a wide street through downtown Taylor, Texas, with traffic signals overhead and two- and three-story brick buildings on the corners.
    12 Nov 2026

    Taylor has two new city workers, and they’re robots

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Recent briefs

  • Main Street in downtown Bastrop, Texas, under a clear blue sky. Two-story brick and stone storefronts with balconies and metal awnings line both sides of the street, cars are parked at the curb, and a traffic signal hangs over the intersection ahead.
    11 Nov 2026

    Three Army veterans opened businesses in Bastrop County this year

  • A male southern platyfish, orange with a black tail and dorsal fin, swimming in an aquarium with neon tetras behind it.
    11 Nov 2026

    Texas State wins a $3 million NIH grant for its fish model

  • Brick storefronts along Central Avenue in the Elgin Commercial Historic District, Elgin, Texas. A two-story tan brick building with arched windows and iron star plates stands on the corner, with older one-story shops beside it and cars parked at the curb.
    10 Nov 2026

    Elgin is now a Tourism Friendly Texas community

  • East Texas coalition builds a tech workforce, CEEI In the news card with a photo of an internet speed test
    5 Nov 2026

    Deep East Texas ties broadband to skills and jobs

  • A man in a Del Valle polo shirt stands beside the award trophy on the Circuit of the Americas observation tower, with the racetrack and grandstands below.
    4 Nov 2026

    Del Valle ISD Education Foundation wins a global award for its STEM career plan

  • Two men in Fried Flavors shirts smiling inside the food truck kitchen, one in a green apron waving and the other taking a selfie.
    3 Nov 2026

    Fried Flavors wins two Best of Caldwell County honors

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