Texas Unemployment Claims Trend Reverses Course
After falling in recent weeks, first-time Texas unemployment claims increased last week by 96,141, representing a 7.4% increase over the previous week. Since the...
Texas Bar Owners Sue Gov. Abbott
Texas bar owners angry about having to close for a second time are taking Gov. Greg Abbott to court. As of Wednesday, there are...
TWC Will Delay Work Search Requirement For Unemployed Texans
The Texas Workforce Commission has delayed reinstating the work search requirement for Texans receiving unemployment benefits.
The TWC made the announcement Tuesday. The requirement had...
TABC is Enforcing Bar Closure Order, but One Texas City Isn’t
One Texas city isn’t planning to enforce Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order, which closed all bars and similar businesses that make at least...
Rural Texas Has Different COVID-19 Experience Than Rest of State
While COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations surge in the state’s big cities, life is almost back to normal in more than 100 Texas counties.
As...
Texans Struggle to Find Work in the Rio Grande Valley, Where Unemployment Has Nearly...
Sandra Santos has been doing everything she can to find a job since she was laid off in mid-March from working in the billing...
Thousands of Texans Still Out of Work
First-time Texas unemployment claims resumed their downward trend last week. More than 89,000 Texans submitted applications for assistance in the week that ended on...
Are Texans Ready to Catch a Flick in a Theater?
After being dark for more than two months, movie theaters are beginning to reopen in Texas.
Movie theaters were part of Texas’ first phase of...
Texas Unemployment Ticks Up Again As State Reinstates Job Search Requirements
There were 93,895 new claims for unemployment in Texas last week, according to the Labor Department. That’s up from the previous week’s total of...
Unemployed Texans Have to Start Looking for Work Again
Beginning July 6, jobless Texans will once again have to resume searching for work as a condition of continuing to receive unemployment benefits.
The work...
