So what’s behind the region’s unlikely rise — and how sustainable is it? One major concern is water or, more specifically, the lack of it. Another is that it remains one of the poorest regions in the ...

A pair of economists say energy tariffs are more symbolic than anything but expect Houstonians will feel a greater impact ...

This assessment, which the Trust produces in partnership with top experts and institutions around Texas, aims to measure the social, economic, and educational worth of the state's arts and culture ...

But the national news that day wasn't about Houston's recovery from another natural disaster. On Sept. 15, two days after the storm hit Texas ... shaping the region's economy over the course ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ arts and culture industry helped generate $7.3 billion for the state’s economy over the past ... taxable sales made in 2023. The Houston metro ranked second, with ...

Shortly after Hurricane Ike made landfall in Galveston in September 2008, economist Patrick Jankowski was in his front yard with a saw, listening to NPR on a transistor radio while he cleared branches ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas -- In a speech with something for everybody, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated Texas' economic ... From Houston, labor union member Bobby Ramos lauded the state's clean energy sector ...

The Texas economy is larger ... household appliances from South Carolina and Ohio, and motorcycles and coffee from southern Pennsylvania. These are all states that went Trump in the election.

She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic ... of Houston. ERCOT's rate of unplanned power plant outages is the highest in the nation. Why Is Texas the Only State With Its Own ...

But state Rep. Armando Walle said that “more funding for child care is absolutely still on the table.” “Once again, Texas has a big budget surplus,” the Houston Democrat told me.