📌Greece joins Lockheed F-35 team; Boschini(s) to enjoy TCU melodies; Innovation takes a hit at HSC.

Legislators in the House and Senate have reached an agreement on more property tax relief. But some critics worry the cuts aren’t sustainable.

The TCU Music Center will be re-named the Megan and Victor Boschini Music Center in honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Boschini’s 22-year commitment to establishing TCU as a world-class, values-centered university. June 1, Victor Boschini will become a working chancellor emeritus and remain an active friend-raiser and fundraiser. He also will serve as the university’s chief enrollment officer.

A funding pullback reportedly has cost HSC Next at UNT Health Science Center the services of Cameron Cushman, Assistant VP-Innovation Ecosystems, and Marco Johnson, Associate Director-Innovation Ecosystems. HSC Next is dedicated to guiding innovators and their ideas into impactful solutions for a healthier community.

The Department of Defense has green-lighted a $17.2-million contract with Lockheed Martin to provide critical engineering and technical support for Greece’s entry into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The approval marks a significant step in strengthening NATO’s southern flank.

Grapevine-based GameStop has sold its Canadian business. Stephan Tetrault, founder of toymaker Imports Dragon and co-owner of McFarlane Toys, has acquired GameStop Canada from GameStop Global Holdings. The 185 stores will relaunch with their former name, EB Games Canada.

Historic Fort Worth's list of 2025 endangered places includes Mount Gildad Baptist Church, Primera Baptist Church, Farrington Field, Oakwood Cemetary Chapel and several schools, including S.S. Dillow Elementary, McLean Middle School, J.P. Elder Middle School, Hubbard Heights Elementary and Richard J. Wilson Elementary.

Aeromexico will use Southlake-based Sabre's SabreMosaic offer-and-orders retailing platform under an expanded agreement. The partnership includes AI-driven Air Price IQ and Ancillary IQ solutions "to enhance personalization and maximize revenue." In other news, Sabre has activated new distribution capability content for Air France and KLM in its travel marketplace.

The fifth consecutive unacceptable performance rating for the Leadership Academy at Forest Oak's 6th-grade campus may lead to its closure. The Texas Education Agency sent Fort Worth ISD a letter that the school earned an F rating for 2023, its fifth consecutive unacceptable rating since 2016. No schools received ratings from 2020-2022.

In partnership with Lucchese Bootmaker, the Duchess bar program will feature a tequila-based specialty cocktail, Lucchese Craftsman. The iconic bootmaker is also elevating the bar dining experience with its signature-branded leather coasters and a Lucchese boot display. The Duchess restaurant is part of The Nobleman Hotel, recently opened in Fort Worth’s Near Southside.

Beginning Thursday and for eight of the next 11 days, PBR cowboys will be competing at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth and during the World Finals at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

BNSF profits rise as volume and rates increase, but Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffet says it can improve and will improve.

Spartan Investment Group sold the 140+unit FreeUp Storage at 3725 Flory St. in North Richland Hills to Hinze Capital. Marcus & Millichap’s Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr represented the seller and secured the buyer.

EōS Fitness has signed two leases in Tarrant County. It secured 42,500 square feet to open in 2026 at the northeast corner of East Bailey Boswell Road and Millstone Road. And it signed a lease for a 40,000-square-foot facility at the southwest quadrant of Altamesa Boulevard and Chisholm Trail Parkway and will operate as a co-tenant alongside BJ’s Wholesale Club.

The Moody Foundation allots a nine-figure donation to the pediatric hospital center being developed by Children's Health and UT-Southwestern. 

Fisk Electric Company has been awarded a services contract for the West Tower at Cook Children’s Medical Center. The contract value was not disclosed. Fisk Electric’s scope of work includes assisting with the design and installation of electrical systems for a 763,000-square-foot hospital tower, an expansion of the south utility plant, a new 305,000-square-foot garage with data center, and a 25,000-square-foot child daycare center.

The Supreme Court has allowed President Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military to take effect while court challenges continue. The court’s three liberal members − Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson − said they would have rejected the request.

Nothing to do with business: Fort Worth Zoo has welcomed two bear cubs, Cinnamon and Raisin, who are one-year-old American black bear siblings.

Believe it or not: A person’s grip strength can indicate their likelihood of living past 100 years old -- the stronger the grip, the more likely to live longer.

Announcements:

• Bank of Texas: Adds John Gerdes as SVP-Corporate Banking and Alissa Kolm as VP-Corporate Relationship Manager.

• Wendy Davis Consulting: Launched by the former Fort Worth council member.

• Teach For America: Adds TCC's Andre McEwing as Fort Worth Board member.

• Texas Rangers: Hires Bret Boone as hitting coach.

• Governor Greg Abbott: Appoints Kelly Hart attorney Elizabeth Thomas to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors.

• Operation Lifesaver, Inc.: Adds Michael Cook, Assistant Vice President Systems Safety, at BNSF to its Board.

• 2024-25 Adsposure Transit Awards for marketing: National honorees include UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth Public Library, One Safe Place and Performing Arts Fort Worth/Bass Hall.

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