This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California's 56. It's a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position.
Some Texans fear "the nightmares and the horrors" of a potential screwworm outbreak. Elsewhere, not enough grass to feed cattle sends them to market earlier.
The Texas attorney general has mounted an all-out effort to prove Democratic Hispanic groups have been corrupting elections. Now he could be the beneficiary of his own attacks.