State unemployment rate rising

The Texas Workforce Commission released state data on February unemployment, showing seasonally adjusted rates up slightly at 4.5%. Texas added 58,200 positions in February 2023, leading the nation in jobs added over the month. In February, the state reached 13,831,900 total nonfarm jobs. February also marks two full years of uninterrupted monthly job growth in Texas. Since February 2...

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