With 2011 winding down, we take a look back at the stories our readers liked best, judging by the number of pageviews they received.
Economy
Get the latest on jobs, business, growth, and policy shaping the state’s economy with in-depth reporting from The Texas Tribune.
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Enterprise Fund Lures Businesses, But Job Numbers in Dispute
As Gov. Rick Perry pushes his employment initiatives on the presidential campaign trail, he often touts the jobs created by the Texas Enterprise Fund. But Perry’s opponents say the fund’s contributions to the Texas economy have been far overstated.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Texas Has Largest Population Growth
The Lone Star State is getting bigger. Texas had the largest population growth of any state between April 2010 and July 2011, according to figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Demographics
Slideshow: Mexican Cowboys Fans Take Bus Tour to Dallas
The warnings were clear: avoid traveling the highways in northern Mexico at night. But it wasn’t enough to stop some of the most fervent Mexican fans of the Dallas Cowboys from traversing them to get to a game.
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Demographics
A Road Trip, Mexican Style, to See the Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys have attracted a devoted fan base in Mexico, a country where American football ranks second to Mexican fútbol. Travelers risk overnight bus tours on roads traversed by violent drug cartels for the chance to see a game at Cowboys Stadium.
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Economy
Video: Dallas Fed President Forecasts 2012 Economy
Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, forecasts the future of the national economy at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce’s annual Economic Forecast event in Austin, Texas – Dec. 16, 2011.
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Criminal Justice
Dallas Fed President: Indecision Stymies Economy
The engine is primed to rev up the national economy, but businesses aren’t putting the pedal to the metal, Richard W. Fisher, the president and CEO of the Dallas Federal Reserve, said today.
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Economy
Unemployment Drops in November as Private Industries Grow
The Texas unemployment rate dropped from 8.4 percent to 8.1 percent in November, according to statistics released today by the Texas Workforce Commission.
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Interactive: Texas’ Most Impoverished Counties
This interactive shows the demographics of poverty in each Texas county using the most up-to-date data from the American Community Survey. Browse the maps to compare poverty rates by age, sex, race and ethnicity, educational attainment and employment.
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Economy
Combs: State Revenues Higher Than Expected
The state’s finances are in better shape than previously believed, the state comptroller said Monday, with a new projection showing $1.6 billion more than lawmakers expected, even after the state covers part of the its Medicaid shortfall and restores some cuts to state agencies and universities.
