economy

The COVID pandemic didn’t stop job growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. But Black and Latino residents are getting left behind — and the City of Dallas wants to change that.

The banking industry took in more than $15 billion in overdraft fees in 2019, and just small number of account holders paid the vast majority of those fees.

Surging inflation is the side-effect of a fast-recovering economy, but families without a financial cushion are eyeing the trend with trepidation. For many, fast-rising gas and food prices mean figuring out what to cut from the household budget to cover basic needs.

After months of contentious negotiations, the U.S. House passed the Build Back Better plan. It would establish universal pre-K and provide funding to combat climate change, among other things.

More than 165,000 Texans have been helped by the state’s $1.9 billion rental assistance program that launched during the pandemic, but people have “slipped through the cracks,” advocates say.

A surge in imports is overwhelming transportation networks and testing supply chains, making life hard for small-business owners.

Prices for a range of goods from used cars to bacon surged last month, pushing consumer inflation to 4.2% in April, the highest since September 2008.

In a major shift, Louisiana officials are making a plan to ramp up clean energy. Gov. John Bel Edwards says the state must reduce the emissions fueling increasingly destructive extreme weather.

The TV and radio ads, which are set to start airing Thursday, make the case that Texas is forfeiting "billions" in tourism dollars to nearby states that allow casinos.

For people experiencing homelessness, accessing the third round of COVID-19 relief money requires resources often not available to them. Some North Texas organizations are helping people get online or get a mailing address so they can get paid.

The study will focus on what jobs are needed now and in the future as the pandemic highlights weak spots in the economy.

Consumer prices jumped last month as businesses struggled to keep pace with booming demand, but the Biden administration and the Federal Reserve say the uptick in inflation is likely to be temporary.