:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/149a47bcdd9a12f0376aba30f3b5feda/Abbott%20State%20of%20the%20State%202021%20BD%20Pool%2001.jpg?w=627&resize=627,376&ssl=1 "Unemployed Texans Will Stop Getting Additional 0-Per-Week Benefit Next Month After Gov. Greg Abbott Ops Out Of Federal Program")
The unemployment rate in Texas was 6.9% in March, which is more than double the record low of 3.4% in May 2019. The extra $300 federal benefit will end June 26 for jobless Texans.
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The Blinn College softball team fell to Lamar State College-Port Arthur, 1-0, in the NJCAA Region XIV-South Softball Tournament Monday.
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Texas lawmakers are entering the last two weeks of this legislative session, with some of their biggest promises unfilled. Don’t fret: They do a lot of their work only when deadlines loom
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In a period of sagging vaccination rates — particularly among staunch conservatives — state Sen. Bob Hall used his platform to promulgate debunked anti-vaccine conspiracies and push claims that have largely been eschewed by the medical community.
Read More:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a746a1630c963291164672911b936fa8/Ken%20Paxton%20George%20P%20Bush%20Split%20TT.jpg?w=627&resize=627,376&ssl=1 "George P. Bush Wants To Challenge Beleaguered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. But Can He Keep Trump Out Of It?")
Bush has a unique history with Trump as the only prominent member of his famous political family to back the former president. Meanwhile, Paxton has tightly aligned himself with Trump in recent months.
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