ECONOMIC PROTECTIONS

Greater disparities to emerge in Texas as unemployment benefits, protections against evictions and utility shutoffs end

The financial safety net for the pandemic will vanish this summer, and there are two very different economic realities for Texans returning to “normal.”

By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
Posted 6/25/21

Rush hour traffic has returned, and downtown bars are loud, crowded and rowdy again. But the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic also means economic safety nets are vanishing — and Texans …

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