Updated: Texas unemployment starts year down, 4.5 percent in January

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas jobless rate started the year on a lower note with 4.5 percent unemployment during January, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday. Texas had a revised December statewide jobless rate of 4.6 percent, according to the Austin-based commission. Nationwide unemployment was 4.9 percent in January. Amarillo had the lowest unemployment rate […]