- In Hunt County, Greenville High School evacuated this morning after a suspicious item was found in a restroom. The school contacted parents and staff early today with the evacuation notice. Because of the end of semester exam schedule, the only students on campus this morning were juniors. Everyone was out of the building by about 9 o’clock. By 10:30, the Garland police bomb squad had joined Greenville police on campus. Shortly before noon, Greenville ISD announced that the unspecified item was not dangerous. Greenville High School remained closed for the rest of the day.
- Texas spent 54.3 billion in unemployment benefits, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.. and more than 50 million of it was fraudulently filed. The state has been aggressively trying to recoup funds, and a lawsuit filed in Federal court Tuesday accuses the state of wrongfully terminating Texans from unemployment without a clear explanation of why. Texas Public Radio’s Paul Flahive reports.
Pandemic relief programs from those PPP loans to unemployment were rife with abuse. But lawyers for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid say their unemployed clients are being told they shouldn't ever have received unemployment, being ordered to pay it back and being cut off from the program....all without so much as a call.
David [MOCK] represents multiple clients suing the state saying they are violating the law without affording people due process...and without event telling Texans what the allegation is.
"And this is part of the problem is our clients have no idea what they're being accused of. Other than that, it results in them allegedly owing the state 10's of 1000s of dollars"
People are then supposed to file an appeal to challenge the ruling, but Mock says the appeals take months to schedule and the state is really shooting first and asking questions later.
I'm Paul Flahive in San Antonio.