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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Houston Moves Up In Global Cities Ranking, Slips In Outlook

Florian Martin

Posted on June 10, 2019 · The report ranks the world’s leading cities by current performance and potential.

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Houston Ranked Top 10 City For The Future

Florian Martin

Posted on June 16, 2017 · The Global Cities report looked at personal wellbeing, economics, innovation and governance.

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Where’s Your School on the 2017 Statewide Report Card?

Jen Rice

Posted on June 5, 2017 · Children at Risk is releasing its annual statewide rankings for Texas public schools.

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Study Ranks Harris County Second In Incoming Investment But Is It Still True?

Florian Martin

Posted on July 27, 2016 · A new report confirms that Greater Houston has been a national leader in attracting millions of dollars in business investments. But the question is whether that flow of dollars has slowed.

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Should We Take Texas’ Low Rankings in Child Well-Being with a Grain of Salt?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 28, 2014 · The latest Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation was released last week. It’s the 25th edition of the report, and it once again shows Texas ranks low among the U.S. states in overall child well-being. That ranking is based on a variety of factors, including education (more than half of Texas children […]

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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Port Houston Clears Final Hurdle For Ship Channel Expansion

Florian Martin

Posted on August 20, 2021 · Groundbreaking for the channel’s widening and deepening is expected in a few months.

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Thousands Of Texas Restaurants Closed During The Pandemic. Some Houston Favorites Are Ready For A Comeback

Florian Martin

Posted on July 22, 2021 · COVID-19 had an unprecedented effect on the food scene and forced thousands of Texas restaurants to close.

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Houston’s Hotel Industry Begins Recovery As The COVID-19 Pandemic Fades

Florian Martin

Posted on July 1, 2021 · For the first time since the pandemic began, all major U.S. hotel markets turned a profit in May.

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Many Houston Communities Of Color Have No Bank Account. A New Federal Initiative Aims To Change That

Florian Martin

Posted on May 24, 2021 · FDIC’s “Get Banked” pilot campaign tries to reach primarily Blacks and Latinos in Houston and Atlanta.

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