Social Security checks will increase 1.3% in 2021
Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.
Tarrant County to allow bars to reopen Wednesday at 50% capacity
Tarrant County announced it will allow bars to reopen at 50 percent capacity.
H&M to close 350 stores in 2021, citing increase in online shopping
Citing an increase in online shopping because of the coronavirus pandemic, H&M will close 250 stores in 2021.
Seniors for Biden increase, citing Trump's handling of COVID-19 pandemic
Aides say President Donald Trump's campaign has seen an alarming drop in support among older adults in its internal research.
Biden hits Trump on economic fallout amid COVID-19 pandemic in critical Pennsylvania county
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is blistering President Donald Trump as only pretending to care about the working-class voters who helped flip the Rust Belt to the Republican column four years ago.
North Texas airline workers continue to wait for additional coronavirus relief bill
It’s been a lot of back and forth in D.C. this week over the multi-billion dollar aid package, a package airline worker unions say they desperately need right now.
Alamo Drafthouse closes its remaining theaters in North Texas
With no new big movies coming out any time soon, another chain of theaters is closing for the foreseeable future.
IRS reaching out to millions who have not claimed $1,200 stimulus check
The head of the IRS, on the defensive over millions of Americans in danger of missing coronavirus relief payments, says the agency is reaching out to low-income and homeless people, military personnel and veterans and those with limited English to notify them they may be eligible.
Texas bars to reopen October 14 pending approval of county judges, Abbott says
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he will not reopen bars in the county. Texas bars will be allowed to reopen next week on a county by county basis with 50 percent capacity.
Trump administration to limit skilled-worker visas citing COVID-19 job losses
The Trump administration has announced plans to sharply limit visas issued to skilled workers from overseas.
Fed chair warns lack of further COVID-19 stimulus imperils economic recovery
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic recession could falter unless the federal government supplies additional stimulus relief.
Trump halts COVID-19 stimulus talks until after election
President Donald Trump says he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election.
CEO says Southwest needs union pay cuts to avoid furloughs
Southwest Airlines will cut pay for nonunion workers in January and says union workers must also accept less pay or face furloughs next year as the pandemic continues to hammer the airline business.
Gov. Abbott hints in tweet that bars could reopen in Texas
Restaurants and retail have been allowed to operate at 75 percent capacity for several weeks in Texas. But bars remain closed, after reopening briefly in late May before a summer spike in cases.
Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theaters to close this week
Cineworld Group Plc said Monday that 536 Regal cinemas in the U.S. and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse venues in the U.K. would close on Thursday. Some 45,000 employees are affected.
Thousands of North Texans lose paychecks as American Airlines begins furloughs
October 1 was the day the aviation industry has dreaded for months. CARES Act money prevented airlines from furloughing workers, but now 32,000 employees at American Airlines and United Airlines will be affected.
Layoffs remain high as 837,000 seek unemployment aid
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.
2nd round of stimulus checks would be in relief bill: Mnuchin
The Treasury Secretary says a potential coronavirus relief package will include another round of checks for Americans.
Texas Workforce Commission tells unemployed Texans to return $215M in overpayments
The Texas Workforce Commission says it overpaid unemployment benefits to some people by more than $200 million.
19,000 American Airlines workers to be furloughed Thursday as CARES Act funds run out
Financial aid from the CARES Act for the airline industry runs out at midnight Wednesday, and furloughs could be on the way.