A recent list named the top 15 least hard working states and New Mexico made it into the top 5 while Texas didn't place at all.
Many of these things explain the research that helped them reach their conclusions but this one also added a few "theories", one of which was borderline racist...
April's solar eclipse gets all the attention in Texas 'cuz we'll have a great view of it. There's another eclipse right before it though that Texas and El Paso will also see.