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Monthly update: energy November '21, latest data
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
The closing spot price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark for light, sweet crude, averaged $80.50 per barrel in November ’21, up from $40.32 for the same period in ’20, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Monthly update: sales tax October '21, latest data
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
Sales and use tax collections for the 12 most populous Houston-area cities1 totaled $1.1 billion in the 12 months ending October ’21, up 12.4 percent from $964.5 million for the same period a year ago.
Houston expected to create 75,000+ jobs in '22 as region works to regain pandemic losses
By Press Release | Dec 15, 2021
The Greater Houston Partnership forecasts the Houston region will create 75,500 net new jobs in 2022.
Monthly update: Purchasing Managers Index November '21, latest data
By Press Release | Dec 15, 2021
Overall economic activity expanded at a strong pace again in November, according to the most recent Houston Purchasing Managers Index (PMI).
Greater Houston Partnership releases October Houston metro employment update
By Press Release | Nov 22, 2021
Metro Houston added 33,100 jobs in October, according to data released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
Houston Greater Partnership releases foreign trade update
By Press Release | Nov 22, 2021
The Houston-Galveston Customs District handled 258.9 million metric tons of goods and commodities in the first nine months of ’21, a 1.7 percent increase over the comparable period in ’20.
Greater Houston Partnership: Sales and tax use collection for Houston-are cities up 10% from 2020
By Press Release | Nov 19, 2021
Sales and use tax collections for the 12 most populous Houston-area cities[1] totaled $1.1 billion in the 12 months ending September ’21, up 10% from $972.6 million for the same period a year ago.
Greater Houston Partnership Research Department issues October energy update
By Press Release | Nov 19, 2021
The closing spot price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark for light, sweet crude, averaged $81.75 per barrel in October ’21, up from $39.45 for the same period in ’20, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Researchers find promising repurposable drugs for COVID-19 treatment
By Press Release | Nov 12, 2021
Understanding viral pathogenesis at the molecular level is critical in developing effective therapies for COVID-19.
NREL, Mines insight could lead to better silicon solar panels
By Press Release | Oct 25, 2021
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado School of Mines are applying a new technique to identify defects in silicon solar cells that cause a drop in efficiency.
Governor Abbott appoints three to the University of Houston System Board of Regents
By Press Release | Oct 20, 2021
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Tilman Fertitta and Beth Madison and appointed Ricky Raven to the University of Houston System Board of Regents for terms set to expire August 31, 2027.
Governor Abbott readies resources in response to threat of severe weather resulting from cold front, Hurricane Pamela
By Press Release | Oct 13, 2021
Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to place state response and recovery resources on standby due to the potential threat of severe storms, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding from a cold front interacting with moisture from Hurricane Pamela. The storms are forecast to move across Texas beginning tonight through the end of this week.
Abbott, state governors outline 10-point plan for border crisis
By Press Release | Oct 7, 2021
Governor Greg Abbott on Oct. 6 held a press conference with nine other state governors in Mission, Texas to discuss the ongoing crisis at the border as well as what Texas is doing to keep communities safe in the midst of President Joe Biden's disastrous open border policies.
October is National Audiology Awareness Month
By Press Release | Oct 1, 2021
(HOUSTON, TX, Oct. 1, 2021) Texas Hearing Institute celebrates National Audiology Awareness Month by reminding parents to visit their child’s pediatric audiologist for routine checkups and to teach proper hearing health for a lifetime of sound.Hearing and speech are essential tools for learning, playing and developing social skills.
Manufacturing Day Houston slated for Friday at TXRX East End Maker Hub
By Press Release | Sep 29, 2021
Manufacturing Day Houston will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1 at TXRX East End Maker Hub (EEMH) located at 6501 Navigation Blvd., Houston.
Education and employment in ‘hard’ science provide no salary advantages compared to ‘soft’ science at any career stage
By Press Release | Sep 22, 2021
HSE University economists question whether Russian STEM specialists are better paid than non-STEM specialists.
Trinity Lutheran Church-Downtown presents Chelsea Chen concert
By Press Release | Sep 20, 2021
The Trinity Concert Series will present international concert organist Chelsea Chen at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26 on Trinity’s 50-rank Holtkamp/Reuter organ.
University of Sussex physicists discover black holes exert a pressure
By Press Release | Sep 14, 2021
Physicists at the University of Sussex have discovered that black holes exert a pressure on their environment, in a scientific first.
Houston area ACE Scholarship students head to college
By Press Release | Jul 14, 2021
A gifted basketball player from Houston and the daughter of a single mother from Austin who are ACE Scholarship recipients will attend universities starting next month.