About 20 years ago, the city of Fort Worth lost a deal with Intel. The technology giant wanted to build a $3 billion plant, but backed out because of high property taxes in the state. This, and other lost deals, led then-state Rep. Kim Brimer to push for the Texas Economic Development Act. The legislation, […]
Author Archives: Kristen Barton
Kristen Barton is an enterprise reporter for the Fort Worth Report. She has previous experience in education reporting for her hometown paper, the Longview News-Journal and her college paper, The Daily Toreador at Texas Tech University. To contact her, email kristen.barton@fortworthreport.org.
