Aaronson on the stats behind the Texas Miracle, Aguilar on an area of the budget that didn’t get cut during the session, Dehn and Tan wrap-up our 31 Days, 31 Ways project, Galbraith talks to Todd Staples about the drought, Grissom on controversial executions during Rick Perry’s tenure (plus a visualization by Murphy and Seger), Hamilton on the Rodney Dangerfield of Texas universities, Philpott on the search for clues in past Perry debates, Ramshaw on Perry’s opposition to abortion rights and Root on Perry’s assurances to conservatives that his past won’t embarrass them: The best of our best content from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2011.
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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Demographics
What’s Different About the Border Economy?
On the national stage, Texas’ economy is its best selling point. But this so-called “Texas Miracle” doesn’t extend statewide: In the border region, unemployment reaches as high as 13.2 percent, and the median income is 30 percent lower than the statewide average.
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Interactive: The Texas Economy by Region
These interactive maps will give you a closer look at the unemployment rates, the number of jobs created or lost over the last year and the median annual income of the metropolitan regions in Texas.
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Economy
Perry is “Fed Up” With D.C., But Inconsistently
Gov. Rick Perry has at times been inconsistent in applying his states’ rights beliefs, raising questions even among Republicans about whether his stance is as much campaign positioning as a philosophical commitment.
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Economy
Miracle or Mirage, What Kinds of Jobs Has Texas Created?
The debate over whether job creation in Texas economy is a “mirage” or a “miracle” raises several questions: What jobs do Texans commonly hold right now? How much do those jobs pay? And what jobs is Texas creating?
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Economy
31 Days, 31 Ways: Days, Services at State Parks Cut Back
DAY 26 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: 23 of the state’s 94 parks face reductions in staff or operations.
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Economy
Video: Capitol Buzz – Perry On Stimulus “Strings”.
Gov. Rick Perry likes to rail against the Obama administration’s “failed” federal stimulus program, but he and state lawmakers have more than $17 billion in fed-stim dollars to thank for the last two balanced Texas budgets.
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Economy
Despite Job Growth, Texas Unemployment Rate Worst in Decades
Gov. Rick Perry — touting the state’s job growth on the campaign trail — got some bad news this morning: The state’s unemployment rate is the worst in nearly a quarter century.
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Economy
Perry Campaign Hoping for Good News in Texas Jobs Report
The latest Texas jobs numbers will be released today, and a positive report would bolster Gov. Rick Perry’s economic message on the campaign trail. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on the battle to define just how well the Texas economy is doing.
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Economy
Head of State Housing Agency Resigns
The head of the Texas agency that oversees programs to help low-income households has turned in his resignation.
