The unemployment rate in Beaumont-Port Arthur was 8.5% in January, up from 7.6% in December but down from 11.4% in January 2021. The rate is the second highest in Texas, behind the […]
AUSTIN – In August, the seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate was 5.9 percent, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from July 2021. Texas added 39,300 total nonagricultural jobs over the month, making […]
Governor Abbott is eliminating the $300 weekly federal unemployment benefit early on June 26th. Texas will be the latest state to cancel the enhanced payments in a bid to get more people […]
With Amazon promising 1,000 new jobs locally and Waco’s impressive tourism industry rounding into form, the jobless rate appears likely to continue dropping as it did in April, dipping to 5.1% from […]
The extra $300 federal benefit will end June 26 for jobless Texans. Abbott also cut off another federal benefit that extended aid to gig workers, self-employed people and others who aren’t traditionally […]
Lonesome George at Large 