COVID-19 at six months: How you can track the economic recovery in North Texas

COVID-19 at six months: How you can track the economic recovery in North Texas Here’s a broad range of indicators to watch in tracking how quickly Dallas-Fort Worth bounces back. The lingering colors of sunset silhouette the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Dallas. Dissipating Saharan dust passing through North Texas continues to enhance sunrises and sunsets. The dust plume is a mass of dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer, that forms every year over the Sahara Desert and moves toward the Atlantic, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The lingering colors of sunset silhouette the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Dallas. Dissipating Saharan dust passing through North Texas continues to enhance sunrises and sunsets. The dust plume is a mass of dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer, that forms every year over the Sahara Desert and moves toward the Atlantic, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) By Paul O'Donnell and Carol Zuber-Mallison 8:48 PM on Oct 3, 2020 The nation’s economy is clawing its way back from the deepest hole since the Depression, but the recovery is occurring unevenly across a broad range of indicators important to Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas. The recovery’s shape — V, W, K or hockey stick — is largely dependent on federal, state and local officials' ability to control the spread of the coronavirus. Here are key metrics to watch. Surgeon: Enlarged Prostate? Do This To 'Fix' It (Try Tonight) SPONSORED CONTENT Surgeon: Enlarged Prostate? Do This To 'Fix' It (Try Tonight) If you suffer from an enlarged prostate, do this immediately. BY Prostate Pro In an ordinary month in an ordinary year, the addition of 661,000 workers would be extraordinarily good news. In topsy-turvy 2020? Not so much. JOBS In last jobs report before election, nation’s recovery is leaving women behind and other takeaways BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Since March 26, more than 620,000 Texas households enrolled in the state's electricity relief program. ECONOMY Half a million Texas households at risk of losing power in coming weeks as pandemic protections lapse Experts worry the loss of basic utilities for Texans could exacerbate the spread of COVID-19, already a major public health crisis in the state. BY DOM DIFURIO