
Paul Thompson
@pthompsonATX
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Journalist based out of Austin, Texas. Assistant managing editor @MyABJ. Formerly of Kansas City, Missouri.
Austin, TX
Joined December 2010
BREAKING: Nate Paul’s initial hearing in United States of America vs. Natin Paul is over. He is being charged with 8 counts, related to false statements made to credit unions and mortgage lenders. More to come @MyABJ.
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RT @_JustinSayers: NEW ($): @TexasLonghorns athletes earned at least $10M in the first 21 months of NIL - a figure that some say is tops am….
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University of Texas students have secured more than 2,000 deals worth more than $10 million combined since they college athletes were allowed to start profiting off their name, image and likeness....
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RT @DannyParkins: My brother Brad’s life’s work was in higher education. His colleagues set up a GoFundMe for his kids’ college fund. It’s….
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This was a fun one; @Jac_Samira had some great thoughts about the trials and tribulations of startup life. Give it a read @MyABJ.
Don't miss out on this great article where @Jac_Samira tells how overcame self-doubt to become the CEO of Howdy, a startup that's changing the game for remote work and software development. Thanks, @MyABJ and @pthompsonATX for this great story! 📝.
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RT @MyABJ: New this year: Kerbey Lane queso and Amazon's "Just Walk Out" tech.
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Kerbey Lane joins a long list of local food vendors inside the stadium. It's the latest example of the connections between Austin businesses and Austin FC, which began play in 2021. Click through to...
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RT @_JustinSayers: What @pthompsonATX and I also found is the project spans to another property a couple miles away known as "Emerald Islan….
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There's not much to see yet, but a developer and longtime landowner believes this corner of Central Texas could soon sprout an airport and business campus worthy of being called World Trade Center...
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RT @_JustinSayers: We had the chance yesterday to tour streaming star @SypherPK's new $10M @onistudiosgg. Here's a first look: https://t.co….
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This gaming entrepreneur parlayed massive success streaming video games such as Fortnite into opening a $10 million, 30,000-square-foot production facility and content creation hub in Cedar Park....
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RT @CamilaCMF_: So excited to see this exclusive story from @pthompsonATX at @MyABJ go live! If you have some time, recommend reading this….
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Howdy helps companies such as Workrise, Ojo Labs, Capital Factory and Spot Insurance find tech talent in Latin America. Economic headwinds or no, the startup is growing fast enough to warrant an...
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RT @shalomaustin: Shalom Austin's Rabbi Daniel Septimus helping build future of Jewish Austin. @MyABJ @pthompsonATX @dseptim
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While as a kid he thought about becoming a doctor or a pro athlete, Daniel Septimus decided to enroll in rabbinical school in part because of an influential college professor. Now he's CEO of Shalom...
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RT @_JustinSayers: #BREAKING: Plans for a massive eight-phased Micron fabrication facility near Lockhart with a minimum investment of $80B….
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Nearly a year after Central Texas was announced as the site for a "once-in-a-generation" semiconductor factory, another one is being planned for the region. Idaho-based Micron Technology Inc. could...
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RT @ByMikeChristen: Giants of real estate and tech are pulled to Hutto by a "strong workforce, prime location and pro-growth mindset.". Her….
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Skybox Datacenters and Prologis acknowledged Aug. 23 that they have acquired 221 acres in Hutto, northeast of Austin, for a "world class" data center campus. A capital investment of billions of...
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RT @_JustinSayers: "It's really much more woven into the fabric of who we are as an economy and people don't realize that.". New fabs have….
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Samsung has captured headlines with news of its $17 billion plant in the small town of Taylor. But that's not the only expansion planned for the local semiconductor sector. As a result, the busines...
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RT @ByMikeChristen: Designed by Basel, Switzerland-based architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, and with participation from construction fir….
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The development would create opportunities for retailers and restauranteurs, with new locations close to downtown. But it would require demolition of significant portions of buildings recognized as...
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Check out this thread (and story) from @_JustinSayers, who eloquently breaks down a flurry of filings from @Samsung that offer a blueprint for hundreds of billions of dollars of potential investment in Central Texas.
By our @myabj calculations, Samsung would save about $4.8 billion on its property taxes over the course of the agreements. (h/t @pthompsonATX).
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RT @ByMikeChristen: Tesla has filed a site plan application for "industrial use facilities with associated improvements" on 68 acres next t….
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Elon Musk's Tesla has signaled it wants to build more near its huge factory in eastern Travis County, filing a site plan in early July for "industrial use facilities with associated improvements."...
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RT @_JustinSayers: #BREAKING: We'll be updating this story, but documents released today show that Samsung is seeking incentives for an add….
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Samsung is considering investing around $200 billion in new semiconductor plants in the Austin area. To put that into perspective, it's almost half what America invested to build its interstate...
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