News Article | October 27, 2023
What We're Reading
Counties get creative to attract workforce in the face of a labor shortage (County News, NACo)
What is artificial intelligence? Legislators are still looking for a definition. (Stateline)
COVID-19 Relief: States' and Localities' Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2023 (U.S. General Accountability Office report)
COVID-19 funding halted rural hospital closures across Texas, until now (The Texas Tribune)
As West Texas' population grows, the need for more mental health care does too (The Texas Tribune)
How has Texas voter registration changed in recent years? (KXAN-TV Austin)
Push to hand count ballots throws a Texas county's election administration into chaos (Votebeat Texas)
Study: Rural Communities Still at Disadvantage When Competing for Govt. Grants (The Daily Yonder)
Hotter summer days heat up Texans but chill the state economy (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
For first time in half-century, urban part of metro Houston about to cross a county line (Houston Chronicle)