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COVID-19 Recession in Texas

No job, no car and living on $85 a week: Some Texans are facing economic crisis months into the pandemic

Jessica Tyson, an out-of-work hairdresser in Texarkana, says Congress cannot delay passing a second stimulus package. Listen in the weekend edition of The Brief podcast.

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Jessica Tyson, 34, is an out-of-work hair stylist in Texarkana who says she's struggling to get her full unemployment.
Jessica Tyson, 34, is an out-of-work hair stylist in Texarkana who says she's struggling to get her full unemployment benefits. Credit: Jessica Tyson

Jessica Tyson says she’s desperate for Congress to pass another federal stimulus package.

The 34-year-old Texarkana native is an out-of-work hairdresser who’s had her car repossessed, has struggled to keep her utilities on and says she spends her days trying to get her full unemployment benefits.

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