Tag: Unemployment
High jobless rates lingering here in Valley
HARLINGEN — The unemployment rate in Texas continued to drop in May to 6.5 percent as the state gained 34,400 non-agricultural jobs for the...
Virus no longer acceptable reason for Texans on unemployment to reject jobs
By Isabella Zou | The Texas Tribune
Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t...
Help Wanted: Recovery drive leads to record job openings
HARLINGEN — When Texas’ businesses fully re-opened, Pablo Ochoa was making tortilla chips in his restaurant’s kitchen after he couldn’t find workers to fill...
Number of Texans filing for unemployment benefits increases 7%
By Mitchell Ferman, Texas Tribune
More than 96,000 Texans applied for jobless relief last week, a 7.4% bump over the week before.
It is a reversal...
Number of Texans filing for unemployment benefits increases 7%
By Mitchell Ferman, Texas Tribune
More than 96,000 Texans applied for jobless relief last week, a 7.4% bump over the week before.
It is a reversal...