I Live in Houston and Earn $285,000 Each Year. Here's How I Budget.
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- June 1, 2026

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Morgan S., a 37-year-old strategy senior manager in Houston. It has been edited for length and clarity. I’m from Houston, and I love it. My monthly take-home pay from my corporate job is just under $10,000 after taxes. I feel very financially secure here and ahead of
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) will be in the fight of his political life Tuesday, as he looks to defy the odds and defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who clinched an endorsement from President Trump, in the Senate GOP runoff. The last-minute support tees up another test of Trump’s influence in a Republican primary. The president has already successfully picked off several…
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