Arguably the most serious threat facing the Texas economy is that of a severe hurricane strike. Government intervention in the windstorm insurance market has put billions of taxpayer dollars at risk on top of the damages to property that would occur.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026