Texas sees decrease in weekly unemployment claims

The number of Texans tapping state unemployment benefits each week has decreased since earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic. But tens of thousands of workers in the Lone Star State continue to file for unemployment on a weekly basis.

Workers in Texas filed 51,476 first-time claims for unemployment insurance during the week ended Aug. 8, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor Aug. 13. A week prior, there were around 62,000 unemployment claims filed in Texas.

The updated unemployment…