Highlighting the dynamic economy of Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico
April 10, 2026
Gary Hoover, author of "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead," discusses why some people who follow the rules for getting ahead instead fall behind.
April 8, 2026
Isabel Brizuela, Jesus Cañas, Luis Torres and Diego Morales-Burnett
Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, lost nearly one-fifth of its manufacturing jobs over a two-year period. The decline reflects the city’s move into higher value-added, less labor-intensive production of electronics and hardware demanded for the U.S.’s burgeoning data center build-out.
April 1, 2026
Isabel Dhillon, Ethan Dixon, Isaiah Spellman and Pia Orrenius
Texas' booming private space industry is making access to space broader and cheaper than ever before.
March 23, 2026
Laila Assanie, Lorenzo Garza and Kelly Klemme
A fair amount of excess supply remains in some markets, and new properties are facing longer lease-up timelines.
February 27, 2026
Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, discusses the state of commercial construction in Texas and the U.S., including ongoing office and data center activity.
February 20, 2026
Robert Leigh and Pia Orrenius
Texas economic output grew in 2025 but did so with near-zero job growth. The last time that happened was in 2002–03, when the state emerged from the dot-com bust into an extended jobless recovery.
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