Nearly 3.4 million Texans have filed for unemployment relief since mid-March

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 10:10 a.m.

b'The coronavirus pandemic has steered the economy into a recession. In Texas, the state\\u2019s unemployment rate remains more than double what it was at the start of the year, and nearly 3.4 million people have filed for unemployment relief since mid-March.'