The Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session just a week or so ago, and, from the perspective of many of us, a lot was done that will help propel the state toward continue economic success. The fiscally conservative stance …
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Texans Aren’t Sheepish About Success
I love the winter and early spring in Texas because, just like the bluebonnets, rodeos are blooming all across the state. One of my all time rodeo favorites is the mutton busting events for little kids, boys and girls, generally …
Read moreThe Texas Model
Thanks to our state’s traditional ‘can do’ approach to life and business, Texas has long been the preferred destination for risk takers and entrepreneurs, including two very intelligent leaders from Sweden I met at the South by Southwest conference. They …
Read moreAmerica Needs the Texas Economy to Keep on Rolling
by Joel Kotkin, Forbes
… Read moreIn the last decade, Texas emerged as America’s new land of opportunity — if you will, America’s America. Since the start of the recession, the Lone Star State has been responsible for the majority of employment
Texas Doesn’t Break Your Bank
by Susan Combs
Growing up as the daughter of a very cost conscious father had the beneficial effect of making me cost conscious as well. When you never know if it is going to rain over the summer, or whether …
Read moreLed by oil and gas, Texas No. 1 in U.S. for exports
by David Hendricks, San Antonio Express-News
… Read moreTexas led the nation in exports last year, selling a record-breaking $279.5 billion worth of goods abroad, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Monday in San Antonio.
That marked a 183 percent increase over
Texas economy humming, could get $8.4 billion for rainy day
by Matthew Waller, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
AUSTIN — Texas’ economy continues to outpace the country as a whole — in job growth, in employment and in personal income, resulting in the possibility of a tax decrease for businesses.
If Texas …
Read moreTexas Cities Top Rankings in Recession Recovery Study
by Aaron Reiss, Houston Press
The Great Recession is a thing of the past in Texas, according to a study by Wallet Hub.
The website ranked the economic recoveries from the Great Recession of America’s 150 largest cities by non-metro …
Read moreBest And Worst Cities For Jobs 2014
by Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes
The Florida economy was hammered during the financial crisis as tourism slowed, real estate prices plummeted and jobs disappeared, but the state has crawled back and continues to see heavy net migration into nearly every Sunshine …
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