🚁Army wants rush job on V-280; Buffett to take it slow at year-end; A record is set on Billboard Top 100.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a school choice bill into law, allocating $1 billion for about 100,000 students to use for alternative schools tuition or other educational purposes. The money can be used to pay for textbooks, academic tests, transportation to school, computers and meals during the school day.

Warren Buffett said he plans to hand over the reins at Berkshire Hathaway to Vice Chairman Greg Abel at year-end, and has no plans to sell any shares. Abel oversees the company's operating businesses and had been named successor in 2021. During Buffett's 60 years at the helm, Berkshire shares have compounded at a 19.9% annual rate (vs. 10.4% S&P 500) and resulted in a 5,502,284% return. A $10,000 investment in 1965 is worth more than $500 million. 

David Cooke, just two months after leaving as Fort Worth's City Manager, has taken the top spot of Sundance Square management, according to Fort Worth Report sources. Ed and Sasha Bass, who are friends with the Cookes, are sole owners since 2019. Cooke came under scrutiny while City Manager for taking non-business, private flights with the Basses.

Low turnout and few changes in results posted after Saturday’s Election Day in Tarrant County. Fort Worth has one city council runoff, one Colleyville incumbent lost and Keller has ISD board changes. Tarrant results are here. 

Tarrant County Public Health confirmed the first positive measles in Tarrant County. The cases involve an adult and a child, both unvaccinated household members. While contagious, they visited Methodist Mansfield ER from 8 p.m. April 29 to 3 a.m. April 30.

Nothing to do with business: Man who ‘always fancied' owning a shipwreck buys one on Facebook Marketplace for $400.

Brewed, the Magnolia Ave. mainstay for coffee and community, will open a second location at D-FW International Airport in 2026, this time as a boutique coffee-only spot in Terminal E. In its Terminal D location, it has an all-day brunch.

Song snippet: Movie star Jack Black’s song “Steve’s Lava Chicken” from the soundtrack of A Minecraft Movie appeared at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the list dated May 3. It now holds the distinction of being, at 34 seconds in length, the shortest song to ever make the Hot 100.

The North Texas Tollway Authority has updated its website with information about the widening of Chisholm Trail Parkway by two lanes — 13 miles between FM 1187 to FM 917 and FM 917 to US 67. The work, estimated at $250 million, is targeted to be completed by 2028. 

Fort Worth-based FirstCash Holdings reached a 52-week high of $134.18 last week and closed at $133.46. A core holding is First Cash Pawn, which does well in turbulent financial times. 

The U.S. Army is working to fast-track the Bell V-280 Valor Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program, which aims to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Production is planned in Fort Worth at a new $632M facility, and the initiative aims to have the aircraft in service before 2030.

Weekend Will, founded by Brooke Hipps, a graduate of TCU's Executive MBA program, has launched. The software as a service company was built to simplify creating a will.

Second-seeded TCU won the NCAA women's beach volleyball championship -- its first -- defeating No. 4 Loyola Marymount, 3-2. TCU avenged two losses earlier this season to LMU to win TCU Athletics' ninth national title. TCU's winningest pair, Sofia Izuzquiza and Ana Navas, won at No. 3 to finish 4-0 for the championship. The freshman and senior duo end their season 26-2.

James B. Milliken, the Chancellor of The University of Texas, has been selected President of the University of California. He will oversee the nation's largest public university system in the face of federal and state budget cuts. John Zerwas, M.D. was named acting Chancellor by UT officials.

Fort Worth approved nearly $7.4M in infrastructure reimbursements for two historic buildings to get new life as residential facilities. The 300K-square-foot former Oncor office building at 115 W. Seventh St. will be converted to 330 apartment units, and the 82K-square-foot Binyon-O'Keefe Building at 210 E. Seventh St. is planned for a 100-unit senior housing development.

American Airlines is about to debut a sweet, suite summer plan for its premium flagship aircraft. D-FW to Australia is one of the premium routes, but won't start until October. Up first, June 5, is a Chicago to L.A. flight.

Acquired in 2017, Arctic Cat snowmobiles reportedly was sold in late April by Textron, the parent company of Textron Bell.

Snippets:

• GameStop says Microsoft Xbox equipment and game price hikes are from the developer, and pushes sales of its pre-owned games as a way to alleviate price increases.  

• Six Flags will close Six Flags America and the Hurricane Harbor water park in Bowie, Md., during November.

• Actress Ruth Ann Buzzi, 89, passed away. She was best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.

Drinking champagne may help your heart. Researchers in the UK have found that champagne may actually reduce your risk of having a sudden heart attack. In addition to physical activity and mood management, the study suggests that white wine can also help reduce the risk of cardiac arrest.

Is working out at night costing you sleep? New research suggests that evening workouts, particularly cardio exercises, are linked to less and worse quality sleep, as well as later bedtimes.

Believe it or not: A stranded man who was airlifted from Mount Fuji — was rescued again four days later after he returned to get his phone.

ICYMI - here are the links with the most clicks from last week’s newsletters:

• A map showing the most popular beer brand in each U.S. state, courtesy of Visual Capitalist. Commence debating.

• The Dude Perfect guys' YouTube channel gets a thumbs up from a Christian father of two boys. 

• Fort Worth police return "porn" photographs seized from the Sally Mann exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 

Announcements:

• Texas Rangers: Fire offensive coordinator Donnie Eckler. 

• The University of Texas at Arlington: Names Rhonda Seyfried Director of Scholarships.

• SBL Architecture: Adds Ricardo Mendez. 

• BlueQuail Clothing Co.: Adds Sarah Estes as Fractional Chief Marketing Officer.

• Women's Business Council - Southwest: Hires Itzel Anahi Fuentes as Director of Programs & Events.

• Summa Caussa: Adds Tom Frazier as a Senior Consultant.

• Cintas: Adds Joshua Walters as Training & Compliance Instructor.

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