"if Texas continues to lag in education and fails to build a workforce for the future, our days as "Top State for Business” will ultimately become a distant memory."
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In 2017, rural schools lost crucial funding, two hospitals closed and natural disasters wreaked havoc in what some regard as “flyover country.”
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We estimate that reductions in travel and tourism activity would initially result in a gross product loss of almost $3.3 billion per year as well as the loss of over 35,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs (based on 2016 levels of activity), with annual losses of $176.4 million in State revenue ... Read More
The new program is a partnership among Operation Welcome Home, the Governor’s Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative in which he charged the Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Education Agency and the Higher Education Coordinating Board to identify gaps in employment and education services – including those for veterans, and a number of veteran- ... Read More
By 2021, I am projecting that the 19 smaller Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) will add a total of about 215,000 net new jobs to the state.
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Klein Tools Inc. of Mansfield was named Small Employer of the Year at the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) 20th Annual Texas Workforce Conference held Dec. 7-9 in Houston.
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Lockheed Martin was named Large Employer of the Year at the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) 20th Annual Texas Workforce Conference held Dec. 7-9 in Houston.
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The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) announced today that Falls Community Hospital and Clinic of Marlin, Klein Tools Inc. of Mansfield and State Farm® Agent Samuel Garcia of Abilene are the finalists for the 2016 Texas Workforce Solutions Small Employer of the Year Award. Lockheed Martin Corp. of Fort Worth, Emerson ... Read More
