GFL closed a roughly $900M deal for Frontier Waste Solutions, adding 24 Texas sites and nearly 1,000 staff. The purchase densifies GFL’s Texas Triangle footprint and tightens local competition.

Richard Rogers, who helped turn Mary Kay into a global cosmetics company with his mother Mary Kay Ash, has died at 82. Services are pending.

Westwood filed a prospectus naming the Texas Stock Exchange as the planned primary listing for a new energy ETF, PWRX. The filing marks the first public primary listing commitment for the Dallas‑based exchange.

Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott is headed to Mule Alley in the Fort Worth Stockyards — a roughly 6,600‑sq‑ft, $1.44M build‑out slated to start May 1 and finish by October 2026.

Barnes & Noble filed to open a 20,000-square-foot bookstore with a café at Montgomery Plaza in Fort Worth, with interior work slated this summer.

Houston registered 60,483 new business entities in 2025, outpacing Austin and Dallas. The surge highlights affordability, an energy‑tech pipeline and university spinouts.

GulfTex Energy closed a $1.0B recapitalization led by Endurance Investment Partners to shore up its Eagle Ford platform and fund future acquisitions.

KKR is reportedly in talks to buy Dallas‑born Nothing Bundt Cakes in a deal that could top $2 billion, the Dallas Business Journal reports.

A City of Denton reel shows Zipline drones launching from the Rayzor Ranch Walmart to deliver small orders to nearby neighborhoods.

Weir's Furniture, a family-owned Dallas chain founded in 1948, is closing after nearly 80 years. A liquidation sale begins Thursday as the company winds down operations.

H‑E‑B bought roughly 25 acres in Royse City and says site work will begin this summer, with the new store expected to open in 2028. The move fits into a wider North Texas expansion.

March inspections in Tarrant County flagged rodent droppings, roaches and plumbing failures at several eateries; many operators corrected problems and reopened.

Hickory House BBQ, a decades‑old Riverfront plate‑lunch spot, plans to close after its owner says a new tenant’s lease offer priced them out. Regulars were caught off guard.