In the latest employment report, Texas hits another job creation milestone-its unemployment rate has been at or below the national average for 60 consecutive months or 5 years straight, proving once again that there’s really something special happening in the Lone Star State.
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