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In September 2022, Texas added 40,000 nonfarm jobs, more than doubling the number of jobs added in August. For the eleventh consecutive month, the state set new employment highs as total nonfarm employment reached 13,571,800. The Texas economy has added 721,800 positions since September 2021. The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.0 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from August 2022.

Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.25/g this week, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 9.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 30.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 18.7 cents in the last week and stands at $5.06 per gallon.

Last week, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) approved $627.5 million in funding to support the addition and expansion of child care providers statewide, as well as assist TWC’s Child Care Services (CCS) providers as they transition to the new requirement to participate in TWC’s quality- rating improvement system, Texas Rising Star. The new funding supports four major efforts: increasing the child care expansion grants; allocating additional stimulus funding to aid CCS providers; aligning child care payments for families receiving assistance to reflect private pay methods; and enhancing online platforms for career development for early childhood educators.

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Disclaimer: Arrest and court records are public information, and the press has the right to publish them under the first amendment of the US Constitution. It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The Sealy Planning Commission approved recommendations and revisions by Clayton Schavrda for a new lighting ordinance that is to be presented to Sealy’s City Council for final approval. The commission discussed the recommendation on creating a lighting ordinance for the city at its meeting on Oct.

The Austin County Commissioners are exploring the idea of transferring the ownership of the old county jail in Sealy over to the Sealy Area Historical Society. According to Nancy Naron with the Sealy Area Historical Society, the group intends to renovate the building into a museum “We want to restore the building.