If a business reopens and an employee chooses not to return to work, they become ineligible for unemployment, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
Clare Proctor
Clare Proctor was a reporting fellow in 2020. A graduate of Northwestern, she worked as the copy chief and assistant city editor at the student-run newspaper The Daily Northwestern. She has also worked as a metro reporting intern at the Columbus Dispatch and interned at Columbus Monthly, the city's arts, culture and dining magazine.
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Calls spiked — then dropped. Domestic abuse survivors, at home with abusers during the pandemic, may be unable to get help.
Advocates worry that survivors are struggling to seek help because they’re stuck with their abusers at home due to stay-at-home orders.
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280,000 more Texans filed for unemployment last week as oil collapse and coronavirus precautions wallop state’s economy
The total number of out-of-work Texans is 1.3 million since mid-March as the state’s economy continues roiling from business closures, a troubled energy sector and corporate layoffs.
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Oil prices collapsed, but that doesn’t mean Texans will get free gasoline
With most Texans staying at home and not driving, the demand for gas has fallen off. But refineries would stop producing before giving gas away for free.
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Texas is running out of money to pay unemployment benefits. People will still get paid, but businesses may see tax hikes as a result.
Texas Workforce Commission officials say the state will run out of money in May or June. Other economists predict that could happen in as soon as three weeks.
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More than 1 million people in Texas filed for unemployment relief in the last month
Texas unemployment claims continue to rise as Texans struggle to file. The Texas Workforce Commission is expanding its call centers, servers and staff, but many still face delays.
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Texas doctors are using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat others. They’re not yet sure if it will work.
The method has been used to treat the sick in past epidemics, and it’s generally considered low risk. Doctors around the nation have started using it on the sickest COVID-19 patients.
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More Texans filed for unemployment in the last 4 weeks than all of 2019
The numbers are early — but incomplete — indicators of how dramatically and suddenly the state’s economy has collapsed under social distancing orders officials issued to curb the still growing public health crisis spurred by the novel coronavirus.
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Cancel chemo or risk compromised immune system? Cancer patients and oncologists confront coronavirus challenges
To combat coronavirus, hospitals and medical providers were told to cancel procedures and surgeries that aren’t urgent. But cancer patients facing delayed chemotherapy treatments say the stakes are higher for them.
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Hundreds of UT-Austin students went to Cabo San Lucas for spring break. Nearly 50 have coronavirus.
The number of students with positive tests continues to grow as the University of Texas at Austin is now aware of 211 students who traveled to Cabo San Lucas for Spring Break.
