Texas jobless rate declines for 4th straight month AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas jobless rate slipped to 6.1 percent in December, marking the fourth straight month of declines, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Friday. "With those positive strides and 11,800 private-sector jobs added in the past month, 2012 was a strong year for Texas, and my hope is that the Texas economy will build on that success in 2013," Alcantar said. Manufacturing added 3,000 jobs between November and December and another goods-producing industry, mining and logging, expanded by 1,600 jobs during that ... Read More