by Henry Strother | Feb 7, 2021 | Business
Last April, oil prices plunged to historic lows but this month, the price of West Texas Intermediate surpassed its pre-pandemic price. After plunging to depths previously unmatched, the price of West Texas crude oil (WTI) has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. As of...
by Henry Strother | Feb 6, 2021 | Business
Nearly 60,000 oil exploration and production jobs in Texas were lost in 2020, a staggering figure that underscores the deep industry wounds caused by the global pandemic and oil crash. Employment in Texas’ oil drilling and extraction sector fell by more than a quarter...
by Henry Strother | Feb 6, 2021 | Business
The area ranked among the U.S. markets with the largest share of empty office space at the end of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic that has stalled office leasing has given Dallas-Fort Worth one of the highest office vacancy rates in the country. At the end of 2020, D-FW...
by Henry Strother | Feb 5, 2021 | Lifestyle
Metro areas in Texas and Florida saw the largest population increases in U.S. over the past decade, as growing economies, a lower cost of living and attractive weather drew an inflex of domestic and international migrants. Within the Lone Star State, Dallas, Houston...
by Henry Strother | Feb 4, 2021 | Lifestyle
Minnieetta Jones and Juan Bejar have been married for 44-years. Jones is not just his wife. She’s Bejar’s caregiver. When entertainer Tony Bennett confirmed earlier this week he has Alzheimer’s disease, it turned up the volume for families who are...
