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 ...

The state's new councils are planning initiatives to attract more business from the Department of Defense for Texas companies ...

Texas must build transmission largely to support oil and gas electrification and to host more power-intensive cryptocurrency ...

Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.

Greg Abbott released the 2025 Texas Music Industry Economic Impact Report, highlighting the state's financial success ... Limits Music Festival (ACL) and South by Southwest. In 2023, ACL added ...

Combined Arms & Texas Economic ... in Houston, Combined Arms is revolutionizing veteran support nationwide through its cutting-edge technology platform. Operating across multiple states, Combined ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pair of economists say energy tariffs are more symbolic than anything but expect Houstonians would feel a greater impact from any tariffs imposed on goods from Mexico. Retaliatory tariffs from ...

The leaders of some of Houston's ... the regional economy, much higher than the national average of 59%, according to JPMorgan’s survey. Texas is a business-friendly state and benefits from ...

NPR’s affiliate station in Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he heads the station’s coverage of national, state, and local elections. He also reports on major policy issues before the Texas ...

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 ...