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Missing Data Isn't Always Bad Data: What October 2025 Reveals About America's Employment Statistics
The Employment Labor Market Intelligence Backbone demonstrates that the future of public intelligence is not simply collecting more information. It is understanding the context surrounding every record—including when the absence of data tells an important story.
Kirby Earns A+ Credit Rating as S&P Recognizes Fiscal Stability—and Identifies the City’s Next Financial Test
S&P Global Ratings assigned an A+ rating to Kirby’s $15 million 2026 certificates of obligation and affirmed the same rating on the city’s existing general-obligation debt. The stable outlook recognizes credible financial management while identifying reserves, debt costs and formal fiscal policies as the measures
New Texas Childcare Business Formation Has Slowed Despite Population Growth
The decade-long data reveal a childcare system that is growing in reported capacity while shrinking in the number of licensed operations and new providers entering the system.
Texas Is Still Talking to the World. But Is the World Still Coming Here?
Digital international engagement remains strong across Texas, even as inbound travel to the United States has shown signs of weakness. San Antonio’s 5.65% year-to-date sales-tax decline raises a timely question: Are traditional tourism cities absorbing more of the economic impact? By Christopher C. Herring Global