Texas Workforce Commission Overflowing With Unemployment Claims

Has COVID-19 exposed the flaws in an inadequate state system?

"...pandemic disrupting nearly every job industry, the number of unemployment claims has surged, inundating the Texas Workforce Commission...."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...the COVID-19 pandemic and left wondering about eligibility for unemployment benefits...."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Perry Rejects Stimulus Funds for Unemployment

Governor announces rejection of cash in Houston

"...reject federal stimulus money to shore up the state's unemployment insurance program. This comes despite a warning from Texas..."

March 12, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Indie contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...the COVID-19 pandemic and left wondering about eligibility for unemployment benefits...."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

More Unemployment Benefits for Hurricane Evacuees

Thirteen-week unemployment aid extension for both Katrina and Rita evacuees

"...of both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita can receive federal unemployment benefits...."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Don't Lose Your Day Job

Texas unemployment insurance paints a dismal picture.

"...a job, you'll receive a 13-week extension on your unemployment benefits. So, if you're one of the 200,000 or..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

See You June 2?

Spitballing the odds and causes of a special session after the the House midnight meltdown

"...A week ago, Texas House Republicans killed unemployment insurance compliance legislation by the use of fine-tuned timing...."

June 1, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'If We're Back Anyway ...'

Lawmakers start wondering how much of the special session agenda is a blank slate

"...Harper Brown, R-Dallas, wrote on Facebook that "TxDot, the Insurance Department and Voter ID are all likely issues that..."

June 17, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Give Perry a Brain Scan

Governors who reject federal stimulus money need their heads examined

"...Gov. Rick Perry's tap dance on the question of unemployment insurance and, more specifically, his suggestion that he may..."

March 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Removing the Mask

Hard times reveal the way things actually work

"...in federal stimulus funds that would be dedicated to unemployment insurance. The state only receives the funding if it..."

March 20, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Stingulus: Rick Perry and the $555 Million He Doesn't Want

Perry's stingy rejection of the stimulus money might backfire

"...federal stimulus money that Texas could have claimed for unemployment-insurance funds. Why? The policy reason is that the cash..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Lyceum: Stimulus Funds Debate Reverberates

How do you persuade Rick Perry to do the right thing?

"...lawmakers are working on legislation to shore up the unemployment-insurance system – including mechanisms to receive the $555 million..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Pays?

While the economy burns, the Bush administration promotes Mars, moonshine, and marriage

"...have stopped looking altogether (their absence explains the "good" unemployment-rate news). Yet the administration has once again declined to..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...Since Nov. 27, the LDOL has required those receiving Unemployment Insurance or Disaster Unemployment Assistance due to the hurricanes..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Public Notice: Congress CARES About You

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

"...to individuals, forgivable loans to businesses to cover payroll, unemployment insurance for freelancers – these are genuine innovations in..."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

It's the Stupid Economy

Fact-checking Perry's campaign against Texas' financial realities

"...$555 million. That extra cash would have gone to unemployment insurance. Yet Perry said no, even after his own..."

Aug. 16, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Camel spent most of 2002 collecting $462 in weekly unemployment checks from another state. But, rather than sulk on..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

Point Austin: Did You Work Last Weekend?

Reflections on the value of Texas labor

"...life. Last week, the BLS noted that the national unemployment rate has reached 9.7%, an increase of 4.8% since..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

A Commonsense Solution to Stupidity

Lawmakers craft a scheme to force Perry to accept federal unemployment-insurance dollars

"...Rick Perry's refusal to take $555 million in federal unemployment insurance cash has taken a double blow from legislators...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...businesses to implement mandatory paid sick leave and expand unemployment insurance eligibility; stop all city construction work; and require..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Perry's Fund Imbalance

Emerging Tech Fund scandal sees GOP lawyer blast gov

"...to divert $120 million from the now functionally insolvent unemployment insurance fund. Most especially: Why did $50 million intended..."

Oct. 6, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Common Law

Do I Qualify for Unemployment Benefits?

"...off. How do I know if I qualify for unemployment benefits?..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Brandy Wingate

Capitol Chronicle: Let Them Eat Dividends

Republicans offer the same predictable help to the unemployed: tax cuts for the rich.

"...-- economic development, impoverished school districts, decaying infrastructure, rising unemployment, bunions -- the solution is always the same: Cut..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Capitol Circus Decamps

Did we learn anything more than the meaning of 'chub'?

"...most notable casualty was the potential expansion of health insurance to another 80,000 Texas children, who will go without..."

June 5, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Remember that $555 million in federal stimulus money for unemployment insurance that Gov. Rick Perry made a big noise..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature

Point Austin: We Want Your Urine

Rick Perry's latest bright idea is pissing on Texas

"...Woodlands, that would require drug testing of applicants for unemployment insurance...."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Michael King

A Billion Down

Gov. Perry cuts $1.2 billion from his "balanced" budget

"...Race to the Top dollars and $500 million in unemployment insurance cash, then things might not be so bleak...."

May 18, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chub Returns

Now Republicans hope to kill unemployment insurance reform

"...That's the bill to update Texas' unemployment insurance system, in order to qualify the state for..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Special Session Is the Only Thing That's Certain

The when and the what are still unknown

"...five state agencies (the Department of Transportation, Department of Insurance, Office of Public Insurance Counsel, State Affordable Housing Corporation,..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's a Wage Shortage – Not a Labor Shortage – and It Disproportionately Affects Women and Persons of Color

It's a complicated economic situation, but one easy solution is increasing pay for restaurant workers

"...due to COVID-19 closures, but 63% could not get unemployment insurance because in most states, including Texas, they were..."

May 28, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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