Job Cuts /tags/job-cuts Job Cuts en-US Copyright Tue, 27 May 2025 09:55:00 GMT Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will have ‘dire consequences’ for low-income Texans, experts say /government/2025-05-27/medicaid-snap-tax-cuts-texas-big-beautiful-bill-trump On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly passed a sweeping bill that slashes about $3.8 trillion in taxes by scaling back social safety net programs including Medicaid and SNAP. Tue, 27 May 2025 09:55:00 GMT /government/2025-05-27/medicaid-snap-tax-cuts-texas-big-beautiful-bill-trump Bekah Morr ‘Cutting into the bone’: Texas child care could suffer under looming Head Start cuts, advocates say /texas-news/2025-04-28/texas-head-start-cuts-child-care-crisis The White House is expected to unveil a budget proposal that will, reportedly, aim to eliminate Head Start. The federally-funded program is designed to promote school readiness among young children from low-income families and serves more than 65,000 kids across Texas. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:45:15 GMT /texas-news/2025-04-28/texas-head-start-cuts-child-care-crisis Lucio Vasquez | The Texas Newsroom Texas has added a lot of jobs lately. But hiring could slow later this year /texas-news/2022-08-08/texas-remains-a-powerhouse-in-job-growth-even-though-hiring-could-slow-later-this-year Job growth in June was a “labor market on steroids,” according to one economist. But how long that momentum continues in Texas depends on several factors. That means the rate could dip slightly in the coming months. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2022-08-08/texas-remains-a-powerhouse-in-job-growth-even-though-hiring-could-slow-later-this-year Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom