Dr. M. Ray Perryman January 10, 2023 As I’ve said before, one of the most striking characteristics the US economy demonstrated in 2023 was resilience. Texas set a blazing growth pace for the year, though things slowed a bit toward…
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Photo above: An Austin Independent School District police vehicle parked outside of McCallum High School in Austin, on Dec. 28, 2012. Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune By Maia Pandey, The Texas Tribune, Dec. 11, 2023 Public school administrators were well…
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Photo above: Firefighters at Fire Station 48 in Houston on Nov. 22, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune, Dec. 5, 2023 For more than a decade, Sam Buser watched the lights of fire trucks…
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Photo above: Heart Galleries, portraits of adoptable children, on display at the Child Protective Services office at Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in Austin on Nov. 14, 2019. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune,…
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Dr. M. Ray Perryman, November 08, 2023 Every three years, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System releases results of the Survey of Consumer Finances. The Survey looks at family income, net worth, debt, and other indicators of…
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Photo of UTRGV Chess Team 2023 (UTRGV Photo by David Pike) By Amanda L. Alaniz Edinburg Texas, Nov. 8, 2023 – It’s another checkmate for UTRGV’s three-time national champion chess team, which just brought home a national win as the 2023…
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Photo of a home Texas rents in Belton for foster children. A report from court-appointed monitors says the Department of Family and Protective Services is housing some foster children in dirty and dangerous conditions. Credit: Court-appointed foster care monitors By Karen Brooks…
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By Kevin Vu, The Texas Tribune, Nov. 6, 2023 For 28 years, Joe Ramirez taught social studies in Austin for students including President George W. Bush’s daughters, four-time Grammy award winning musician Gary Clark Jr. and former Gov. Rick Perry’s…
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Photo above — Turnover at the Texas Department of Family and Protective services has soared. Employees cite low pay and heavy caseloads as some of the reasons staffers are leaving. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune The Department of Family and Protective Services…
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Photo above — A car with a disabled veteran license plate sits parked in a disabled parking zone outside the Capitol Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in Austin. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune By Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune, Sept. 20, 2023 “Laws…
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