From 2009-11, Americans seemed to be clustering again in dense cities, to the great excitement urban boosters. The recently released 2015 Census population estimates confirm that was an anomaly. Americans have strongly returned to their decades long pattern of greater suburbanization and migration to lower-density, lower-cost metropolitan areas, largely in the South, Inter mountain West and, most of all, in Texas.
Senate passes 8 bills before slinking off to budget negotiations and Memorial Day weekend
May 20, 2026
By Jordan Gerard | State Affairs Keeping some work on their plate, the Senate passed eight House Republican bills on Monday, all on bipartisan votes.
