Burka Blog
October 4, 2017
The Bathroom Bill Might Have Cost Texas 50,000 Jobs
The anti-transgender bathroom bill debate is a strike against any Texas city getting the Amazon HQ2.
Business
Reporting and commentary on Texas businesses and the trends and innovation happening in our state
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Business
September 26, 2017
Every City in Texas Wants Amazon’s New Headquarters. They Should Think Twice
The case against Amazon.
Business
September 22, 2017
How to Buy a Used Car After Harvey
Estimates claim 100,000 cars were flooded in Hurricane Harvey. Here’s how to avoid accidentally buying one.
Business
September 18, 2017
Austin’s Social Inequality May Hurt Its Chances with Amazon
Guest column: The internet giant’s search for a second headquarters could prompt cities to improve.
Business
September 6, 2017
How H-E-B Took Care of its Communities During Harvey
The supermarket chain that takes care of Texans.
Business
August 25, 2017
Where Are The Best Tippers In Texas?
According to Square, San Antonio has more of ’em than Houston, Dallas, or Austin.
Business
August 23, 2017
The Port of Corpus Christi’s Boom
The shale boom and the end of a decades-old export ban have put the Port of Corpus Christi on the global map. Finally.
Business
August 18, 2017
The Worst Little Statehouse in Texas
Where the pygmies have gone deaf.
Books
July 27, 2017
An Ode to Half Price Books
As the Dallas chain celebrates its sapphire anniversary, a personal look at what the secondhand book store means to people.
Business
July 27, 2017
Lidl and Aldi Want to be Your New Supermarket
The two German stores are looking to supplant HEB and Whole Foods in your heart.
The Daily Post
July 25, 2017
The Last Orca to be Born in Captivity at SeaWorld Has Died
Three-month-old Kyara died on Monday.
Business
July 13, 2017
Meet The Guy Recruiting Californians to Move to Texas
...but not the kind that you might think.
BBQ
July 10, 2017
Stubb’s vs. Stubb’s
The BBQ sauce brand owned by McCormick will retain the name Stubb’s, while the restaurant and live music venue in Austin will not.
Business
July 6, 2017
United’s Latest Customer Service Disaster
The rough stretch for the airline that took over Houston-based Continental continues.
Business
June 21, 2017
The Whole (Foods) Story
Growing up in a Whole Foods family.
Business
June 16, 2017
Amazon is Buying Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
”Alexa, buy a massive international supermarket chain.”
Business
June 15, 2017
American Airlines’ New Planes Will Only be Slightly More Cramped Than Their Current Planes
Yay?
Business
June 14, 2017
The Shelf Life of John Mackey
The Whole Foods founder revolutionized the way Americans consume food. Now, with profits and the stock price down, and after a series of controversies ($6 asparagus water!), can he reinvent his company before Wall Street swipes it from him?
Business
June 7, 2017
Two U.S. Senators Urged SXSW to Move Out of Texas to Protest SB 4
The festival—which has had its own issues around immigration this year—declined.
Business
June 6, 2017
Dallas Is The Home Of The World’s First Energy-Positive Big Box Store
The Dallas location of Austin-based home store TreeHouse generates more energy than it uses—a first for a store of its size.
Business
June 2, 2017
Southwest is Testing a New Way to Get Off of Airplanes
Sitting at the back of the plane may no longer be a curse.
Business
May 9, 2017
The Topo Chico Competitor From Austin Start-Up Rambler Is Finally Here
In case you’ve been suffering without it.
Film & TV
April 25, 2017
What The Film Incentives Program Means to The Texas Film Industry
The Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum takes a quick break from directing ’Lazer Team 2’ to talk about the future of the film incentives program.
Politics & Policy
April 19, 2017
Party Hopping
As they lose sway among Texas Republicans, big businesses should try something radical: an alliance with Democrats.
Music
March 23, 2017
So, That Was Kind Of A Different SXSW, Huh?
SXSW just had its smallest festival in years. What does that mean for the event’s future?
Business
March 22, 2017
Black Elk Down
How did a small Houston oil company with grand ambitions get caught up in the biggest Ponzi scheme since Bernie Madoff?
Burka Blog
March 9, 2017
NAFTA Talk Probably Won’t Start Until 2018
Commerce secretary predicts a slow start, but any changes could affect Texas.
Energy
March 8, 2017
The UT Researcher Who Helped Create The Lithium-Ion Battery Has A New Invention
John Goodenough’s new battery could change cars, phones, and more.
Uncategorized
March 6, 2017
A Tale of Two Legislatures
On Tuesday we'll see bathrooms as a Christian issue in the Senate, while the House tries to reform school finance.
Business
March 2, 2017
Cornyn: Don’t Kill NAFTA
Modernize Free Trade Agreement without abandoning it.
Business
February 23, 2017
Cast Out of Eden
Why were the residents of Lake Diversion forced to abandon their longtime homes?
Business
February 14, 2017
Corpus Christi’s New $740 Million Plant Brings More Industry to South Texas
But, thanks to advanced automation, the direct reduction plant will create fewer than 200 jobs.
Business
February 7, 2017
A 40-Cent per Gallon Price Increase Predicted for Gasoline
If an import tax proposal goes through, refineries would have to pass costs on to consumers.
Uncategorized
February 3, 2017
R.G.’s Roundup: Border Wall, NAFTA, and Media Fatigue
Our favorite political reads of the week.
Uncategorized
January 31, 2017
Abbott Silent on Bathroom Bill, Trump’s Border Wall
Fact checking the governor’s state of the state address.
Real Estate
January 30, 2017
Let’s See What Houston Rentals On Airbnb Cost During The Super Bowl
Holy cow.
Business
January 25, 2017
Towering Debts
in a state known for austerity, how can Texas's largest cities be nearly broke?
Business
January 25, 2017
The Woman Behind the ’Boys
How Charlotte Jones Anderson, the chief brand officer and executive vice president for the Dallas Cowboys, helped build the organization into a $4 billion behemoth.
Sports
January 24, 2017
The Dream Of The San Antonio Raiders Is Officially Dead, But Why?
The NFL isn’t coming to San Antonio. Instead, the Raiders filed paperwork to move to a town less than half the size.
The Daily Post
January 11, 2017
Forget Cattle Rustling—Watch Out For Bee Rustlers
$90,000 of bees were stolen from a Danbury resident as bee rustling is on the rise.
Made in Texas
December 21, 2016
Keith Kreeger Studios
A hot kiln can be entrusted with earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and . . . brisket?
Business
November 23, 2016
The Pot of Cold
How Yeti turned the lowly cooler into a hot commodity—and a white-hot IPO.
Made in Texas
November 23, 2016
Hatton Henry
A fourth generation of Texas leatherworkers saddles up.
Scandal
November 23, 2016
Enron and On and On . . .
Sherron Watkins, fifteen years later.
Business
November 23, 2016
Crossed Stitches
Beverly Pennington was a Pinterest-perfect entrepreneur whose patchwork quilts—made from people’s most treasured T-shirts—found thousands of devotees all over the country. But when the quilts stopped coming, leaving the shirts in limbo, her customers pieced together a plan to fight back.
Sports
October 6, 2016
The Travis County Surf Park Is Going To Open After All
Yes, you read that correctly.
Sports
October 4, 2016
Is the Threat of the Rangers Moving From Arlington to Dallas Real?
A massive stadium bond raises the idea that Dallas could claim the Rangers as their own.
Business
September 29, 2016
Fort Worth-Based Pier 1 Is Fighting Off A Takeover
The next time you buy an ornamental serving platter as a wedding gift, it may come from new owners.
Art
September 28, 2016
This Houston Tattoo Parlor Is Run By a Police Sergeant
Prison Break Tattoos, designed to look like a jail cell, caters to law enforcement and first responders.
Business
September 26, 2016
The White House’s SXSL Highlights How Much Obama And SXSW Have In Common
”South By South Lawn,” or SXSL, takes place next month with Leonardo DiCaprio, the Lumineers, and the cast of Stranger Things.