State capital highlights, Week of Dec. 20 - 24, 2021

State’s workforce surpasses pre-pandemic high The Texas labor market exceeded the previous prepandemic high in February 2020 by hitting just under 13 million nonagricultural jobs in November, the Texas Workforce Commission reported last Friday. The adjusted jobless rate was 5.2% last month, down slightly from the previous month. “Reaching this milestone for job creation ...