FOX 7 Discussion: Unemployment continues to rise in Austin

Published October 16, 2020 9:18pm CDT

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FOX 7 Discussion: Unemployment continues to rise in Austin

Leah Meunier with Workforce Solutions of Central Texas joins Mike Warren on FOX 7 Austin to talk about the rising unemployment rate in the Austin metro area.

AUSTIN, Texas - COVID-19 continues to hurt Austin workers.

The latest Texas Workforce Commission numbers show the unemployment rate in the Austin-Round Rock region increased from 5.5 percent in August to 6.4 percent in September.

Leah Meunier with Workforce Solutions of Central Texas joins Mike Warren to talk about this in greater detail and what this means for Central Texas.

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