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I& #39;m going through the PPP Texas data, and here& #39;s my first takeaway: A zillion businesses and non-profits I encountered on a regular basis growing up there and when I& #39;m home got these loans. PPP loans are very much supporting the companies that are a part of everyday life.
Some interesting finds: Mi Tierra restaurant in SA. Joe T& #39;s in Fort Worth. Lucchese boots in El Paso. Alamo Drafthouse is in the top bracket of $5-10m.
More PPP loans: The pre-school I attended, MADD, Kerbey Lane in ATX, the Houston rodeo, Alamo Drafthouse, Pappas restaurants, the trucking company of a family for whom I babysat for as a kid....
More Texas PPP loans: Billy Bob& #39;s in FW, at least two branches of Planned Parenthood, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Camp Longhorn, Pine Cove (another camp), lots of area food banks, lots of private schools
And a disclosure I should have noted earlier: The Texas Tribune is the recipient of about $1.1 million in PPP loans, as we note in all of our PPP stories.
More Texas PPP loans: Colonial Country Club in FW (site of the annual PGA tournament), the Kimball Art Foundation of FW, a pair of Girl Scout branches, every car dealership in the state of Texas that has a jingle I cannot forget, the Statler Hotel of Dallas
We have a big update to our PPP Texas story, including some member of Congress and candidate loans. But also, I am reminded that the Chi hair straightener was invented and is manufactured by Texans. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/06/texas-ppp-loan-recipients/">https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/0...
We have another update on our Texas PPP loan story. Via @CEssig, we have breakdowns by sector and loan amount: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/06/texas-ppp-loan-recipients/">https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/0...
A Texas Democratic Congressional campaign took out a $29k PPP loan in May, and then paid it back in June. Here’s out story even as @EngelsAngle spotted it before us. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/06/congressional-candidate-PPP-loan/">https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/0...
