DALLAS — A sharp increase in Texas unemployment claims earlier this month was the result of fraud, a representative for the Texas Workforce Commission told The Dallas Morning News on Thursday. The ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Unemployment in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area rose slightly between June and July, according to the latest Texas Labor Market Information data. The region’s unadjusted ...

In the last figures released by the Texas Workforce Commission, the unemployment rate in Texas surpassed the national average ...

Unemployment jumped in San Antonio and Austin in August, with the monthly rates in both metro areas up by more than 10% from a month earlier. Data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Unemployment is on the rise in the Lone Star State -- at least on paper. The Texas Workforce Commission confirms it's identified a "large volume of fraudulent claim attempts" ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Texas rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 31,908 ...

After growing in 60 of the past 62 months, the labor force in Texas saw a rare decline in July. The state’s jobs reports usually celebrate month after month of continuous growth, but new data from the ...

DALLAS — Something odd has been happening with unemployment claims in Texas. You can see it if you check out the chart for the past year of claims. After an initial spike in jobless applications in ...