{"id":249252,"date":"2025-09-23T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:28:10","slug":"governor-abbott-to-announce-major-economic-development-with-eli-lilly-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249252\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Abbott to announce major economic development with Eli Lilly in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Governor Greg Abbott will deliver remarks today in Houston alongside Eli Lilly and Company to announce a major economic development initiative in the state. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Abbott will be joined by Eli Lilly Chair and CEO David Ricks, state Representative Harold Dutton, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, and other local and state officials, as well as public health advocates.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The announcement is expected to focus on new opportunities for job creation, technological growth, and innovation in Texas, with potential implications for the life sciences and health sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The event will highlight Texas\u2019 Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation (JETI) and Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 Reporter Rilwan Balogun will be on site to cover the event live. Viewers can watch the live stream at noon in this article. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><b>We want to hear from you:<\/b> What questions should we ask Governor Abbott and Eli Lilly leaders? <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Greg Abbott will deliver remarks today in Houston alongside Eli Lilly and Company to announce a major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":249253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[25996,64452,4345,132181,119302,358,132182,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-249252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-eli-lilly","9":"tag-governor-greg-abbott","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-public-health-texas","12":"tag-rodney-ellis","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-jeti-program","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115254323172882313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}