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Potential bank failure concerns were addressed by Patrick Jankowski, the senior vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership.

Houston-area workplaces saw occupancy rates increase to nearly 60 percent in December 2022, up 25 percent from the beginning of the pandemic. The area’s return-to-office rate is outpacing several other major metro areas.

Greater Houston Partnership's 2023 economic outlook expects nearly 61,000 new jobs.

Wages are rising and unemployment is low as workers regain bargaining power.

Nearly a million people applied for a new Texas driver's license from 2018 to 2021. Most of them, 161,456 to be exact, came from California.

Despite factors ranging from global inflation to the Russia-Ukraine war, key indicators show Houston’s ties to the global economy are strengthening. That’s according to a new analysis released by the Greater Houston Partnership in its Global Houston report. 

NO, ABORTION WONT RESCUE DEMS IN NOVEMBER. Theres a lot of speculation that a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, if that indeed happens, would be a boost for Democrats in this Novembers midterm elections. There seems no doubt the decision will motivate some part of the Democratic base. But the question is: Who? How many? And how important would they be to the election results?

It has been two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and while the economy has been able to start recovering from it, Katy-area business owners said they continue to feel the effects on supply chains, inflation and labor shortages.

California can't compete with the new American Dream

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