Survey Grades Top States for Small Business
Small business owners grade their states for business friendliness.
Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, recently released the third annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that small business owners in Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana gave their states the highest rating for friendliness…
Microsoft Signs 20 Year Deal for Texas Wind Power
The skinny: Microsoft has committed to a 20-year power purchase agreement with RES Americas to buy 100 percent of the electricity generated from the soon-to-be-built Keechi Wind Farm Project. It’s Microsoft’s latest investment in renewable energy and is just one of several innovative projects…
Texas is Ahead of the Game
By David Hodes
Texas foundered only briefly during the economic downturn of 2008, relying on its legacy industry of oil and gas exploration to float its economy in those turbulent times.
Housing slowed, commercial real estate took a hit and unemployment rose slightly. But this state, like many in the…
Texas Issues Electronics Industry Report
The Texas Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism recently published a report on the state’s booming electronics industry.
The electronics industry is an integral part of the Texas’ current, past, and future economic diversity. Texas, No. 1 in electronic exports, has been a leader in the tech…
The Future of State Business Incentives
By Paul Lo and Mona Hamra, WTP Advisors
Program accountability and transparency are the new foundations of state incentive programs.
State and local economic development incentives have recently endured negative press. Most notably, The New York Times ran a highly critical series on incentive programs, entitled “As Companies Seek Deals…