Community Impact Coppell / Valley Ranch / Las Colinas

Texans receiving unemployment benefits will soon have to document they are actively looking for work in order to remain eligible for assistance.

Texans on unemployment benefits will soon be required to apply for new work, state says Unemployment recipients will have to start documenting their efforts to find a new job July 6, with the first reports due July 19.

There's now another new option for curbside grocery pick-up in Texas.

Sprouts offers grocery pickup at 30 Texas stores; remaining stores to receive service by early May Sprouts Farmers Market announced in an April 29 news release that grocery pickup is now available at 30 Texas locations in Dallas, Houston, El Paso, McAllen and Corpus Christi.

Enjoying those to-go margaritas? You're in luck!

Gov. Greg Abbott: Alcohol to-go sales in Texas to continue beyond May 1, could last 'forever' As some Texas restaurants and businesses prepare to reopen with limited occupancy starting May 1, to-go alcohol sales will be allowed to continue, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Throughout all of 2019, the Texas Workforce Commission processed about 700,000 unemployment claims. Between March 23 and April 4, federal numbers show 745,443 Texans filed for unemployment.

More Texans have filed for unemployment in past three weeks than in all of 2019 For the second week in a row, more than 6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, according to federal data.

“This situation is hurting craft breweries substantially,” said Charles Vallhonrat, executive director of the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. “A lot of people in the hospitality business are suffering during the economic impact of this crisis. We need to understand the implications for people to be able to get paychecks so they can survive and pay their rents and feed their families.”

Survey finds Texas brewers losing more than 70% of revenue because of coronavirus Brewers across the state are renewing calls for Gov. Greg Abbott to grant temporary waivers for shipping, delivery and tax relief.