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Caller please hold, a Texas Workforce Commission update
Episode 27
In the weekly jobless report, we find out that an additional 314,000 Texans have filed for unemployment after losing their jobs last week.
In the pas…
5 years, 11 months ago
What’s it really like in a COVID unit? A Texas nurse tells us.
Episode 26
Joanna Hernandez first poured out her thoughts and emotions to her Instagram followers after a long day at the hospital. She is a traveling nurse and…
5 years, 11 months ago
Covid 19: Unemployment questions and answers
Episode 25
SYNOPSIS:
In the weekly jobless report on April 2nd, Texas unemployment claims jumped by more than 275,000. Last week, the number of Texans who fil…
5 years, 11 months ago
Covid-19: Beer trucks, egg deliveries, and RVs for MDs
Episode 24
Two moms in rural Collin County have come up with an ingenious way to protect doctors and their families from getting sick after long shifts at the h…
5 years, 11 months ago
"We can't buy our way out of a crisis"
Episode 23
Republican Dallas County Commissioner J.J. Koch speaks to us after tens of thousands of people watched a Facebook video in which he admonished Texans…
5 years, 11 months ago
Covid-19: The layoffs are coming, but there's still some hope
Episode 22
The economic toll of the Coronavirus is tremendous, and this is just the beginning. Layoffs have already jumped, but Andrew Challenger, Senior VP at …
5 years, 11 months ago
Early Release: This became an economic pandemic long before it became a health pandemic
Episode 21
The coronavirus outbreak is starting to change our daily lives in dramatic ways. The crisis is, of course, a health and humanitarian one first. But t…
6 years ago
Where do old voting machines go to die? (+ a Texas coronavirus update)
Episode 20
Where do old voting machines go to die? Turns out, many are being resurrected in Texas. Harris County, for example, is now planning to purchase 2,000…
6 years ago
BONUS EPISODE: Y'all really turned out Super Tuesday
Episode 19
Huge turnout, long lines, not enough voting machines; Super Tuesday in Texas didn’t quite turnout as planned. Why? The turnout! It’s a good problem t…
6 years ago
Coronavirus: What Texas learned from Ebola
Episode 18
The Jasons discuss the FACTS surrounding COVID-19 and preparations in Texas. They start their conversation with former WFAA-TV reporter Jonathan Betz…
6 years ago