By Megan Wehring Effective June 26, the state of Texas will no longer participate in pandemic-related unemployment compensation. This will include the $300 weekly unemployment supplement through the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. “The Texas economy is booming and employers are h...

ontinued job growth over the past five years has helped drive Hays County unemployment figures down to levels not seen in nearly two decades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hays County experienced a 2.8 percent unemployment rate in November 2017, which is the lowest rate the count...

he increase of over 40,000 jobs in June led to the second straight month Texas’ unemployment rate has dropped, according to a press release from the Texas Workforce Commission. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, which was a decrease of 0.2 percent from May. Texas’...

espite having a higher than national average unemployment rate and slow gross domestic product (GDP) growth, Texas ranks as the 20th best economy in the United States, according to new numbers from Wallet Hub. Texas scored a 55.40 out of a possible 100 in Wallet Hub’s ranking, which obtained ranking...