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Wednesday, November 29,2017
Aransas Pass Progress
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CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
Hurricane recovery continues with extension of disaster declaration
upe, Hardin, Harris, Jackson,
Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Wells,
Karnes, Kerr, Kleberg, Lava-
ca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Live
Oak, Madison, Matagorda,
Milam, Montgomery, New-
ton, Nueces, Orange, Polk,
Refugio, Sabine, San Patri-
cio, San Augustine, San Ja-
cinto, Trinity, Tyler, Victoria,
Walker, Wailer, Washington,
Wharton, Willacy and Wil-
son.
ment of Housing and Urban
Development on Nov. 17
awarded $5 billion through
a community development
block grant program sup-
porting the repair of dam-
aged homes, businesses and
critical infrastructure.
HUD Secretary Ben Car-
son said the agency would
work with Abbott and his
staff “to do whatever is need-
ed to rebuild damaged homes
and to restore shuttered busi-
nesses in some of the hard-
est-hit areas of the State.”
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn
and Ted Cruz acknowledged
the importance of federal di-
saster aid to Texans who are
continuing to suffer as a re-
sult of Hurricane Harvey and
expressed support for the
programs.
In September, President
Trump signed legislation se-
curing $7.4 billion in funding
for Harvey and major disas-
ters, such as Hurricane Irma
(Florida), Hurricane Maria
(Puerto Rico) and the Cali-
fornia wildfires.
providers who have been try-
ing to prevent enforcement
of a law passed last spring by
the Texas Legislature.
The law would require a
provider to perform an ad-
ditional procedure to ensure
fetal demise before continu-
ing a dilation and evacuation
abortion. Yeakel, in finding
for the plaintiffs, said the ad-
ditional procedure, which in-
volves a lethal injection to a
fetus in the second trimester,
would be invasive, risky and
medically unnecessary.
Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton said the state
would fight the injunction in
the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit.
hurricane-affected business
closures. Also, in 2017 to
date, leisure and hospitality
has gained 41,000 jobs, while
trade, transportation and
utilities employment grew
by 10,300 jobs, and profes-
sional and business services
expanded by 6,300 jobs.
Gov. Greg
Abbott on Nov. 20 extended
the disaster declaration for
counties affected by Hurri-
cane Harvey.
Some 60 counties are in-
cluded and they will continue
to be eligible for assistance as
they recover and rebuild.
“The most important
message I want to send to the
victims of this storm is that
they are not alone as they
continue to recover from this
storm. While we still have
a long way to go to return
to a new normal, I have no
doubt that Texas will eventu-
ally emerge from this disaster
stronger than ever before,”
Abbott said.
Declarations must be re-
newed every 30 days for as-
sistance to remain available.
Gov. Abbott said he would
continue to renew them as
needed throughout the re-
covery process.
Counties covered in the
disaster declaration include:
Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa,
Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar,
Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson,
Caldwell, Calhoun, Cam-
eron, Chambers, Colorado,
Comal, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort
Bend, Galveston, Goliad,
Gonzales, Grimes, Guadal-
AUSTIN
Commission on Nov. 17 re-
ported that the state’s econ-
omy added 71,500 seasonally
adjusted nonfarm jobs in Oc-
tober while annual employ-
ment growth was 2.6 percent
for the month, marking 90
consecutive months of an-
nual growth.
The agency also touted
Texas’ seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate, which
fell to 3.9 percent and set a
record for the lowest unem-
ployment rate recorded in
four decades.
Notably, the agency point-
ed out, the leisure and hospi-
tality employment category
rebounded by adding 34,700
jobs in October after expe-
riencing its largest monthly
decline in September due to
The Amarillo and Mid-
land Metropolitan Statistical
Areas recorded the month’s
lowest unemployment rate
among Texas MSAs with a
non-seasonally adjusted rate
of 2.4 percent, followed by the
College Station-Bryan MSA
with a rate of 2.5 percent.
The Austin-Round Rock and
Lubbock MSAs registered a
rate of 2.6 percent for Octo-
ber, Texas Workforce Com-
mission reported.
Aid request is granted
On Nov. 17 Abbott an-
nounced that the Federal
Emergency
Agency granted his request
to extend the deadline to Jan.
16 for Transitional Shelter-
ing Assistance for victims of
Hurricane Harvey. Nearly
17,000 families are receiving
this form of assistance, which
is intended to help those who
have been unable to return to
their homes find short-term
shelter in hotels or other
temporary housing locations.
Abbott said he remains “com-
mitted to doing everything
possible to get these families
back under their own roofs.”
Management
Job growth continues
The Texas Workforce
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Martinez, Norma L. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 29, 2017, newspaper, November 29, 2017; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1143912/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.