Texas adds 56,600 more jobs, unemployment rate falls to 5.4% in Octobe...
AUSTIN — Texas continued to report a drop in its unemployment rate in October, with the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 5.4%, and added 56,600 total nonagricultural jobs over the month, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Nov. 19. The 5.4%…
Read MoreTexas economic development leaders meet with California businesses
SAN FRANCISCO — Business executives who met with Texas economic development leaders in California this week were eager to discuss the advantages of relocating to and expanding in the Lone Star State, said Robert Allen, President and CEO of the…
Read MoreCEOs: Abilene’s pro-business approach, generous welcome drew them to...
ABILENE, TEXAS — The CEOs of two recent additions to Abilene’s growing business community say that what set Abilene apart from other cities they considered was the welcoming attitude of the city’s leaders in local economic development, government and business….
Read MoreTexas Instruments to build semiconductor wafer ‘fab’ plant...
Texas Instruments (TI) has selected the North Texas city of Sherman as the site for new semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities, with construction on the first and second plants scheduled to begin in 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday. TI officials…
Read MoreRobust regional approach spurring El Paso borderplex growth
EL PASO, TEXAS — The El Paso borderplex has become highly competitive in a state that is a national and international economic powerhouse, thanks to its unified and robust regional approach, said representatives of El Paso’s private and public partnerships….
Read MoreTexas adds 95,800 jobs in September 2021
AUSTIN, TEXAS – In September, Texas added 95,800 total nonagricultural jobs, and the seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate was at 5.6%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from August 2021, according to data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission….
Read MoreTesla HQ move highlights Texas’s business-friendly climate
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Tesla is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin in a move that highlights the advantages of doing business in Texas, said Robert Allen, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation. “We are…
Read MoreTexas adds 39,300 jobs in August 2021
AUSTIN — Texas’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued to drop in August to 5.9%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from July 2021, and the state added 39,300 nonagricultural jobs, according to data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission….
Read MoreBusiness summit speakers praise Round Rock for growth, new jobs
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — One of the fastest growing regions in Central Texas will continue to attract new jobs and capital investment because leadership has a plan to meet the challenges of population growth, said panelists at the 2021 Round…
Read MoreTexas universities rank high in list of 2022 Best Colleges
Rice University in Houston made the Top 20 of the 2022 Best Colleges in the nation, released this week by U.S. News & World Report. Several other Texas universities also ranked among the best. U.S. News & World Report is…
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