Even though Texas’ critics deny the quality of the jobs the state has produced, the facts reveal that our workforce is not undereducated, degreed adults are flocking to our state, and our wages have increased more than 14 percent during the recession.
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