Texas AG files suit against Travis County over voter registration policies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Friday filed suit against Travis County over its voter regislation policies, the third Democratic-leaning area in that state ... Read More

Dallas’ new city manager is already set up for failure

If this City Council doesn’t take up the difficult political work of negotiating and shaping a handful of priorities for its next city manager, it will ... Read More

Officials report eliminating property taxes would cost Texas over $81 billion — per year

Eliminating property taxes would cost Texas billions every year and be nearly impossible to sustain, state budget officials concluded Wednesday. Read More

New Jobs Report: Labor Market Is Cooling

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I am an economist specializing in labor markets and policy. Employers added 206,000 payroll jobs in June, according to the new jobs report ... Read More

Jobs report for July: Employment growth slows as just 114,000 jobs added in month

The July jobs report stunned Wall Street and sent stocks ... Pessimistic forecasters point to the 4.3% unemployment rate as their main concern. The rate is the highest since 2021 and the Sahm ... Read More

Jobs report: Employment for native-born and foreign-born workers in July

The breakdown of jobs by migration status has gained interest in recent months for several reasons. One is that Republicans have argued that President Joe Biden’s policies have favored immigrants. Read More

State-Level Data Shows Weak US Jobs Report Extended Beyond Hurricane Beryl

suggesting the weakness seen in the national jobs report that spooked markets extended beyond Hurricane Beryl. The unemployment rate in Texas — where the storm hit in early July — edged up ... Read More

Texas Attorney General opens investigation into CenterPoint’s handling of Hurricane Beryl

“We look forward to cooperating with the Texas Attorney General or any other agency and have made clear our commitment to upholding the values of our company. We urge any party that has ... Read More

Cost Estimator Salary

How Much Do Cost Estimators Make in Your City? See current salary offers for jobs in your field. 150,000 112,500 75,000 37,500 ... Read More

She’s Fighting Big Oil in Texas. But Republicans Want to Make Her D.A.

Looking to oust a Democratic district attorney in rural West Texas ... hearing children did, including his own. An Unequal Recovery: The U.S. economy has added back all the jobs lost in the ... Read More

Texas attorney general opens investigation into CenterPoint’s response to Hurricane Beryl

We look forward to cooperating with the Texas Attorney General or any other agency and have made clear our commitment to upholding the values of our company. We urge any party that has information ... Read More