Unemployment in North Texas rose nearly 31% in March

Heading into March, North Texas was continuing a long run of some of the lowest unemployment numbers in decades. But that was before the COVID-19 outbreak ground entire North Texas industries to a halt. In March 2020, unemployment in North Texas rose nearly 31 percent from the previous year, according to numbers released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission. Some individual counties saw larger losses than others with unemployment rates across the region the highest they’ve been since 2017. "We…