Oops. There's a glitch in the latest unemployment benefits extension, passed by Congress on Nov. 6. Here's what The New York Times has to say: About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress...
Here's an extra comment from Tom Pauken, chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, from this post on KERA's economy blog by former DMNer Suzanne Marta: At a board meeting for Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County earlier this week, Pauken told...
Cloudy day, sweeping the sun away: That could describe what's happened to a lot of American families as the U.S. economy has crumbled over the last year and-a-half. While the recession is probably over or almost over now, it's going...
KERA is launching a year-long, multi-media project on the economy with programming for radio, television and the Web. Programming begins July 8 and will address topics such as avoiding home foreclosure, how to collect unemployment benefits, evictions in North Texas...
While most retailers are struggling with declining sales, sales at Dallas-based Half Price Books are rising as consumers turn to second-hand stores. Nationwide, its same-store sales increased 8 percent in January. Results at its Dallas area stores are even better,...