Texas Standard For April 3, 2020
Jammed phone lines, websites overloaded, for thousands of Texans seeking unemployment help and hitting walls. So what’s next? Our conversation with the Texas Workforce Commission about efforts to get relief out to Texas’ newly unemployed. And: Legal pushback on paid sick leave ordinances, where do we stand? Also: When does lots of space mean you’re really cooped up? Survival tips from someone who’s been there. Plus: The week in Texas politics with the Texas Tribune and more today on the Texas Standard:
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Host David Brown as seen through the big studio window.
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