Texas Economy Improving; Unemployment Rate Low
Texas’ unemployment rate — 7.8 percent — is the lowest it’s been since July 2009, when the recession was just heating up, according to employment statistics released by the Texas Workforce Commission today.
“Texas continues to see signs of improvement in the labor market,” said Tom Pauken, chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission in a press release.
Nationally, claims for unemployment benefits are low and the country is gaining jobs. The state unemployment rate is still below the national unemployment rate, currently at 8.5 percent. Although growth will be slow, economists speculate job gains will continue across the country ...
Comments (7)
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good news. Fracking, not so much.
Nancy Sabet via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You guys in TX Tribune all go to hell. You may think you won against Perry but we will win ultimately. I still have blood shooting out of my eyes and smoke coming out of my ears for what the media did to this great man Rick Perry!!!! who would have saved this country and made a Great President !!
Sean Riley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Remember "Operation Fast and Furious".
At least when Perry had HIS "oops" moment, NOBODY DIED!
M.j. Farmer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bravo Nancy...the one man that can restore America..thanks media for aiding and abetting..
Peter Stern
Claims for unemployment are low because so many Texans have been out of work for years and are NOT counted in the state statistics. People need to open their eyes and not buy into all the nonsense Pauken and the state tell us. After all, Pauken is yet another Perry appointed con-man puppet, who would never speak the truth about what is really going on.
Furthermore, the jobs that are being created are low-level, low pay, part-time, seasonal and/or state government positions. The numbers are being used to flim-flam the public as they have done for years. It shrouds the real Truth that we are hurting economically in Texas.
J J Baskin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Nancy, the editor of the Texas Tribune predicted that Governor Perry would get the GOP nomination. I am not sure how it is that one could maintain that they wanted him to fail. Frankly, his presence in the national race dramatically increased their traffic.
"The media" is a mighty broad brush. I thought the Tribune was pretty balanced during his run. I thought Rolling Stone went overboard in their article. I thought others were not aggressive enough. But a lot of the struggles on the campaign trail were relating to campaign strategy and performance in debates. I am not sure one can blame this one on "the media."
There are a lot of things you can blame on "the media," but I don't think this is one of them. And as far as "the media" goes in general, I think the Tribune has done an outstanding job presenting both sides of issues and unfettered access to data. They have helped the public discourse, not hurt it.
Sergio Hernandez De Santos via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry's groupies WOW!