The Texas Workforce Commission announced that 85 more Fayette County residents filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 2. That means that for the six week span ending May 2, no week had less that 70 new Fayette County residents applying for unemployment benefits. In a typical week before the coronavirus, filings per a week in Fayette County were typically in the single digits.
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