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Texas manufacturing output grew in October, but new orders are declining and the outlook is worsening. Meanwhile, retail sales declined. Signs of trouble: New reports show Texas economy is facing ...
For nearly two years, Texas has led the country in job growth, most recently adding more than 400,000 new jobs between August 2022 and 2023, according to a Department of Labor Statistics report ...
Texas counties by GDP in 2021 (chained 2012 US$) The economy of the State of Texas is the second largest by GDP in the United States after that of California. It has a gross state product of $2.694 trillion as of 2023. [7] In 2022, Texas led the nation with the most companies in the Fortune 500 with 53 in total. [8]
There’s a simple, bipartisan solution that’s a win-win for Texas families and our Texas economy. Since 2008, the federal government has extended work permits to spouses and children of U.S ...
The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an ...
The government of Texas's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state consisted of a decentralized system that was mostly reliant on local policies. As the pandemic progressed in Texas and throughout the rest of the country, the Texas government closed down several businesses and parks, and it eventually imposed a statewide stay-at-home order in late May.
Texas did originally retain the right to divide into as many as five independent States, [30] and as part of the Compromise of 1850 continues to retain that right while ceding former claims westward and northward along the full length of the Rio Grande in exchange for $10 million from the federal government. [31] See Texas divisionism.
"Texas has been over the past decade the epicenter of the kind of extreme laws," says a spokesman for a national pro-ESG organization.