Jobs & the Economy
Texas Minimum Wage vs. the Real Cost of Living
A full-time job at the Texas minimum wage pays $7.25 an hour. Work 40 hours a week, every week, with...
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The Highest-Paying Jobs in Texas Right Now
Here is the actual list, straight from the Texas Workforce Commission's own ranking of high-wage occupations, current as of its...
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How Federal Energy Subsidies Flow to Texas Oil and Gas
Drive across the Permian Basin in West Texas and you will pass pumpjacks nodding in the dark long after midnight....
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What a Possible $9 Billion Airline Bailout Would Mean for Texas Hubs
No state has more riding on the health of American aviation than Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the largest...
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The Biggest Corporate Subsidies Texas Handed Out Last Year
When a global semiconductor maker or an electric-vehicle plant decides to build in Texas, the announcement usually comes wrapped in...
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Texas Farm Subsidies Are Flowing to the Biggest Landowners
Out on the South Plains around Lubbock and across the Texas Panhandle, a large cotton operation can collect six figures...
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Texas Gave Data Centers Millions in Tax Breaks for Few Jobs
Drive the highways outside Dallas, San Antonio, or Abilene and you will pass them: vast, windowless buildings the size of...
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The Federal Spending Wire tracks how federal, state, and local government spending actually lands on Texas households — property taxes, utility bills, benefits, jobs, and the tax dollars flowing through Washington and Austin alike. Every figure is sourced to the public record, so you can see exactly where your money went.