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"Texas continues to garner national attention because of our state's favorable tax climate, tort reform, business-friendly attitude and low cost of doing business."
- Governor Rick Perry 

Recent News

03/09/10 Forbes: If one state is a poster child for economic recovery, it's Texas
 
02/23/10 Edge Magazine Features Section on Texas’s Gaming Industry
 
02/12/10 Texas is the Number One Exporting State for 8th Consecutive Year
 
01/11/10 Texas Ranked as the No. 1 Relocation State for Fifth Year in a Row
 
12/02/09 Texas Ranks Among the Top Three States in SBE Council's Small Business Survival Index
 
11/11/09 Texas Metros Top Best Performing Cities According to Milken Institute
 
10/27/09 Gov. Perry Promotes Texas as Best State in the Nation for Business
 
10/15/09 Seven Texas Metros are among the first in the nation to move from recession into recovery
 
10/14/09 Texas cities rank in CNNMoney's "Best Places to Launch"
 
09/24/09 Forbes Ranks Texas No. 1 for Economic Climate
 
09/18/09 Texas Expected to Lead Recovery
 
08/18/09 Texas Ranks No. 2 on the 2009 Inc. 500 List
Texas has the second highest number of fastest-growing private companies located within the state on the 2009 Inc. 500 list.
 
07/27/09 Texas Leads the Nation in Homebuilding
Texas cities continue to lead the nation in homebuilding, even in the face of huge construction cutbacks. Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth are the top markets in the country for building permits for single-family homes, based on numbers for the 12-month period ending in May.
 
07/01/09 Texas wins 2009 Best Business Climate ranking
Texas has continued to show solid growth in a shrinking economy.
 
06/16/09 Texas Ranked Best State for Business
 
06/11/09 Texas wins the Silver Shovel Award for Success in Job Creation and Positive Economic Impact
Area Development, the leading executive magazine covering site selection and facility planning, has announced the winners of the 2009 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards.
 
04/30/09 Texas Maintains Strong Lead in Wind Energy
 
04/20/09 Texas ranks No. 1 on the 2009 Fortune 500 and 1000 lists
 
04/15/09 Texas’ major metros land top five spots on the big cities list for employment potential
 
03/22/09 Video: CNBC - Texas is the #1 State for Business
 
03/18/09 CEOs rated Texas as the #1 state to do business four years in a row.
 
03/16/09 Texas earns the second spot in Site Selection's 2008 Governor’s Cup
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03/06/09 Transportation Commission Approves $1.2 Billion of Stimulus Funds
 
02/12/09 Texas is Number One Exporting State for 7th Consecutive Year
 
01/19/09 Texas’ ranks as No. 1 relocation destination in U.S.
 
01/07/09 Texas Cities Set Employment Pace for November
The two largest markets in Texas -- Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth -- registered the nation's biggest gains in private-sector employment, according to employment figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 
12/05/08 The Lone Star State is Flexing it's Muscles
Although the nation's economy has experienced a recent slowdown, the Texas economy continues to rev up. With the 12th largest economy in the world (if it were considered a nation), Texas now leads the U.S. in job creation, gross state product, low unemployment rate, and foreign direct investment.