Dec. 11--TULSA -- Regulators and other interested parties have agreed to Public Service Co. of Oklahoma's proposal to buy ownership into three under-construction wind farms in north-central Oklahoma, the utility announced Tuesday. Utility spokespeople said the agreement between the utility, the Public Utility Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Attorney General's ... Read More

Dec. 11--Site work and utility relocation are almost wrapped up, and construction is set to start soon on the first phase of the $30 million redevelopment of the former Villa Teresa campus in Midtown. Marva Ellard and partner Billy Woodring bought the historic campus at 1216 Classen Drive in 2017 for $5.51 million, ending years of uncertainty about a campus that had been eyed for demolition by ... Read More

Dec. 11--Loop 610 through Uptown can lay claim to something only one Houston sports team can rival: A four-peat. The segment of freeway from Interstate 10 to Interstate 69 is the most-congested highway segment in the state, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's updated ranking released Tuesday. Since 2016, the annual list has put the Loop on top. No one should be surprised at ... Read More

Dec. 10--A federal judge in El Paso has issued a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration's use of military construction funds to build a border wall. U.S. District Judge David Briones said in a memorandum filed Tuesday that funds appropriated by Congress to the Department of Defense for construction projects can't be diverted to build a border wall. The injunction blocks the ... Read More

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president's signature domestic issues and campaign priorities. The ruling by District Judge David Briones in El Paso, Texas, prevents the government from spending $3.6 ... Read More

Dec. 9--An eight-way race to build new offshore crude oil export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico is heating up, with two former competitors agreeing to work together on a project just south of Houston. Houston pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners and Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge announced on Monday an agreement to jointly develop Enterprise's proposed Sea Port Oil Terminal, or ... Read More

HOUSTON (AP) — A local judge in South Texas has ordered supporters of President Donald Trump not to build their planned private border wall on a section of land near the Rio Grande. State District Judge Keno Vasquez on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against We Build the Wall, which raised $25 million after promising to build its own private barrier. Vasquez set a Dec. 17 hearing ... Read More

Dec. 4--A new business park on the way in North Fort Worth will add four industrial buildings. Fort Worth-based M2G Ventures is building the 640,000 square-foot industrial park at Interstate 35W and Golden Triangle Boulevard. Called North Quarter 35, the project is being built on land the developer bought in April. "This project signifies a major step in M2G's commitment to bringing innovative ... Read More

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tommy Fisher’s ambitious plan to win a border wall contract included what could be the next best thing to making a pitch directly to President Donald Trump himself — talking to him through his favorite cable TV channel, Fox News. And it just may have worked. Fisher’s North Dakota-based firm was awarded a $400 million contract this week to build 31 miles of wall in Arizona ... Read More

Dec. 3--FORT WORTH -- South Fort Worth will soon be home to 569,000 square feet of industrial space. Black Creek Group, a Denver-based developer, announced it broke ground Tuesday on the Carter Logistics Center, a three building distribution development in south Fort Worth at interstates 35W and 20, on the 7000 block of Oak Grove Road. According to a news release, the three distribution ... Read More