COVID-19

Midland, Texas, is ground zero for oil and gas production in the U.S., and much of the local economy, in some way or another, is tied to the industry. When West Texas Intermediate went negative for the first time ever on Monday, everybody in Midland felt it — on top of the coronavirus. This morning […]

Quarterly and monthly data, like GDP and the unemployment rate, don't really give us a picture of what is happening today.

But public health departments have been chronically underfunded.

As Congress weighs a new round of funding, data reveal that the upper Midwest and Great Plains regions benefited the most from the first round of PPP funding.

Machines churn out face visors for health workers running short of personal protection gear.

Jobless claims have hit 26 million since the COVID-19 crisis started.

For Autumn Saxton-Ross, work is a big part of her identity. With her job and so much else now on hold, she's trying to figure out who she is "in this new weird world."

It's had just 268 confirmed infections and zero deaths reported.

A rise in domestic violence, a decline in car accidents and more.