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Houston First in TX to Expand Contracting with LGBT Businesses

3/4/21
Houston is the first city in Texas – and one of the largest in the country – to expand municipal contracting and procurement opportunities with LGBT-owned businesses. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner…
Digital Technology

Rice's D2K Lab Offers Companies Free Data Science Assistance

3/3/21
Businesses and organizations in the Houston region looking to better understand their data to help make smarter decisions have a resource at Rice University.  Rice’s Center for Transforming Data to…
Digital Technology

Texas Led Nation in Economic Development Wins in 2020, According to Site Selection

3/1/21
Texas continues to dominate the nation when it comes to total economic development project wins, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lone Star State took the top spot for the ninth…
Membership

Lawmakers Respond to Winter Storm Uri, Governor Prioritizes ERCOT Reform and Winterization

2/26/21
Week In Review Legislators' attention was focused squarely on the response to last week's severe winter weather. Legislative hearings are expected to continue with legislation to follow. Governor…
Membership

Future of Texas - Unscripted: The Winter Storm Legislative Response Unfolds and Committee Meetings Begin

2/26/21
In this episode of Future of Texas – Unscripted, we discuss the legislature’s reaction during and after the winter storm – what went wrong and where do we go from here. Partnership Vice President of…
COVID-19

Economic Update: Houston Works to Recover from Winter Storm, Makes Progress on COVID-19 

2/25/21
This month’s winter storm, which wreaked havoc across Texas and left millions without power and water for days, dealt a considerable blow to the Houston region already working to recover from the…
Executive Partners