Texas Today: Strong Business Environment and Innovation Spurs Job Creation
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By Steve Stackhouse
Things were tough all over during the Great Recession. Now that there’s more economic optimism in the air, it’s worth taking a look around the country to see how individual states are faring. It turns out that Texas tops the charts, with the highest number of jobs added since 2008.
Research by ON NUMBERS, …
AFP-Texas Director Commends Comptroller Combs
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Americans for Prosperity-Texas Director Peggy Venable commends Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs on the agreement with Amazon.
“It is good news for Texans that an agreement has been reached with online sales giant Amazon over collecting sales taxes.
“We are pleased that Amazon has decided to return to Texas. Texans and the Texas economy will …
Survey: Texas business owners optimistic about prospects
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Austin Business Journal
Small business owners in Texas have maintained a positive outlook for their business prospects during the last six months, with 53 percent affirming the position in a recent survey by the American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor.
Texan business results were slightly lower than those in general in the South, as small business counterparts …
Texas pay and jobs increase faster than nation’s
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By Bill Bowen
Employment and wages rose faster in Texas than in the nation during the 12 months that ended in September, according to a new report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wages in Texas rose 6.2 percent in the 12-month period, compared with 5.3 percent nationally, says the bureau’s Quarterly County Wages and Employment Report.
Employment rose …
The Lone Star Way: Why Texas’ Legal War with the Federal Government Could Be the Biggest One Yet
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By HILARY HYLTON
The debate over what has come to be called Obamacare moved into the eye of a political storm last week as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed the law’s constitutionality. With its civilized tone, the legal discourse was akin to the calm in the center of a hurricane. But at the periphery of the same …
Texas jobless rate hits 3-year low
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By Patrick Danner
A rebound in government hiring last month pushed Texas’ unemployment rate to the lowest level in three years.
Texas’ unemployment rate improved to 7.1 percent in February, down from 7.3 percent in January and 8 percent in February 2011, figures released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission show.
It’s the sixth straight month the state’s jobless rate …
Austin leads nation in job creation since 2004, data show
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By Kirk Ladendorf
Even before Apple Inc. showed up with its proposal to create 3,600 new jobs in town, Austin has been doing better than almost any other major urban area in the country at expanding its employment base.
Revised employment figures released a few weeks ago confirmed the trend. Austin ranked No. 1 among the nation’s …
Perry back to work, promoting Texas business
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By Sommer Ingram
Gov. Rick Perry, back from the campaign trail, returned to a familiar theme in a speech today lauding Texas’ business-friendly climate as the nation’s next high-tech hub of innovation.
Perry was speaking in Austin at the Angel Capital Association Summit to a group of investors. He bragged on the state’s low taxes and regulations and the …
Texas becomes a battleground in Keystone XL pipeline controversy
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BY DAVE MONTGOMERY
AUSTIN — The politically volatile Keystone XL pipeline is becoming embroiled in a widening controversy in Texas as supporters tout the promise of jobs and other economic benefits while increasingly vocal opponents say the project would trample property rights and endanger water supplies in East Texas.
Although President Barack Obama rejected the application by …
Texas’ Trillion-Dollar Economy among Nation’s Fastest-Growing
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According to a recent analysis of federal data by the investor news site 24/7 Wall Street, Texas ranked among the nation’s 10 fastest-growing state economies between 2000 and 2010, finishing with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.1 trillion. Texas was the only one of the 10 largest states to register in the top 10 …
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