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After the lights went out in Texas for days, will companies keep moving here? Mitchell Schnurman, The Dallas Morning News
For years, people and companies have flocked to Texas for economic reasons, from fast job growth to no state income taxes.
Don’t overlook another strength of Texas’ pro-business climate: abundant, cheap energy.
That’s fueled the so-called Texas miracle, ensuring that essential services could keep up with the population growth.
But Texas will have to rewrite the narrative after a brutal winter storm left over 4 million residents freezing in the dark. Nearly 5 million more in Mexico lost power, often due to problems with natural gas supply.
Texas Leaders Unite To Urge Passage Of A Permanent Legislative Solution For DACA Recipients
Texas Opportunity Coalition will work to build bipartisan support for effort among Texas congressional delegation
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Texas Business Immigration Coalition (a member of the American Business Immigration Coalition) and the Texas Business Leadership Council, along with more than thirty Texas leaders in business and higher education launched the Texas Opportunity Coalition, a new initiative that promotes and supports targeted immigration reform. The Texas Opportunity Coalition is dedicated to securing passage of a federal Dream Act, which would provide young undocumented immigrants (Dreamers) in Texas and across the country the right to work, pursue higher education, contribute to their local economies, and obtain permanent legal status.
During typical sessions of the state Legislature, business lobbying groups expect to spend the bulk of their time advocating for tax policies, regulatory relief and other initiatives aimed at coaxing a few more RPMs out of what in recent years has been a booming Texas economic engine.
The 2021 session that got underway Tuesday will be anything but typical.
Amid elevated unemployment, lackluster job growth and depressed levels of commerce statewide all of which are symptoms of the devastating financial fallout triggered by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the task this year may be more akin to a medical practitioner trying to get a patient back on its feet.
The arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine might be raising hopes for a return to normalcy for Central Texas businesses – but it s also creating confusion and uncertainty for employers and employees alike as they deal with the uneven rollout and try to navigate a sea of conflicting state and local guidelines.
Companies large and small – across a range of industries – are grappling with how to handle the vaccine s distribution for their workforces.
Experts say in many cases employers can require workers to receive the vaccine, but there are exceptions, such as for medical or religious reasons, or a disability.
In the case of a disability, the employer would have to try to make an accommodation, such as continued work from home or continued mask wearing, said Tony Stergio, a Houston-based attorney specializing in employment law.