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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

The Texas Workforce Commission has devised a way to alleviate the pressure on their phone systems while they try to manage record unemployment filings.

The TWC career fair will be hosted at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Wednesday, October 2nd, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Texas in November 2018 was 3.7 percent, the same 42-year low as it was in October, and the same as the United States’ overall rate.

The Texas Workforce Commission released their January 2018 Texas Labor Market & Career Information Data information sheet