texas workforce commission

Congratulations to Texarkana College, one of 40 Grantees across Texas to receive grant funds from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The over $300K in grant money comes out of a large grant fund from the TWC of $83,030,502 in support of adult education and literacy. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, these grants will continue educatio

Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland and Odessa all saw slight drops in their unemployment rates in October

The Texas Workforce Commission, on behalf of an unidentified disabled veteran from Lubbock, has filed a lawsuit against Coronado Crossing, located at 3333 Toledo Avenue, for up to $100,000.

Amarillo has the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 5.1%. On the other side of the spectrum, Odessa's unemployment rate is 11.9%

Despite a month-to-month downward trend, The Lubbock unemployment rate rose from 5.2% in August to 6.1% in September. The Texas unemployment rate also rose to 8.3%.

The unemployment rate continues to decline in Texas, but the unemployed are still struggling. That could soon change though, with Gov. Abbott applying for federal funding.

The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 12.8 percent in April. Lubbock's unemployment rate increased to 9.9 percent. Similar increases were seen all over West Texas, including El Paso's 14.8 percent and Odessa's 13.5 percent