Texas-based Airlines Bleeding Red Ink, Slashing Jobs
Battered by the impact on travel during the pandemic, the airline industry has begun shedding jobs, booking full capacity flights and negotiating new loans...
Austin Is Site for New Tesla Cybertruck Factory
Austin has won the fierce competition to become the site of Elon Musk’s latest Tesla venture. The billionaire announced to shareholders Wednesday that he...
Texas Unemployment Claims Near 3 Million as Extra Benefits Ending
With the extra $600 a week benefit running out, weekly Texas unemployment claims are back under 100,000 but still extremely high. For the week...
Houses Boom, Businesses Bust in COVID-19 Real Estate Market
The economy continues to limp along as America endures the coronavirus pandemic with no end in sight, and that means people are still buying...
Texas Unemployment Claims Drop a Little, Remain Above 100,000
About 106,000 Texans filed first-time unemployment claims last week. That is a drop from the previous week’s total of 117,000, but it is still...
TWC Explains Overpayment of Benefits
The Texas Workforce Commission is working to determine exactly how much the $32 million in overpaid unemployment benefits was its fault.
If a mistake was...
Texas to Benefit Substantially from New Free Trade Agreement
The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, could have a positive economic impact for Texas, provided that...
5G Technology to Propel Texas Into a More Connected, Faster Future
As you drive across Texas, your cellphone probably goes in and out of service areas, moving across many different levels of connectivity. Your GPS...
Virtual Job Fairs Can Work for You
Since mid-March, about 2.7 million Texans have applied for unemployment insurance, according to the Texas Tribune. The pandemic has shaken the economy, but one...
Beaches and Parks Around Texas Close for Holiday Weekend Due to COVID-19
This is usually one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year for Galveston, but not this year.
Galveston County is closing its beaches starting...
