Texas economy outperforms other states

San Antonio Express-News:

San Antonio’s job market, like Texas’, stayed ahead of the turmoil rocking the national labor market in April as employers added 3,700 positions for the month and 19,200 for the 12 months ending in April.

In addition, the area unemployment rate continued to drop, hitting 3.6 percent in April from 3.9 percent a month earlier and 3.7 percent a year earlier.

Statewide unemployment matched a record low in April, sliding two-tenths of a point to 4.1 percent.

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The San Antonio area is prospering and showing great vitality. I have been there several times in the last year and the business along I-35 is solid all the way to San Marcos some 20 to 30 miles north. It would not surprise me to see Austin and San Antonio growth meet along I-35 in the next few years. Democrats in Texas are going to have a hard time running against the economy. Several reasons Texas is so much stronger is the tort reform in Texas and the state's low tax structure and right to work laws. Not being hostile to energy production also helps

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