Page 9 - Workforce Solutions Borderplex News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Getty Images via CNN A 'We Are Open' sign is seen outside a restaurant. EL PASO, Texas -- With Covid-19 restrictions being lifted in Texas, more businesses are looking to hire. However, some El Paso employers - particularly restaurants - are having a hard time filling positions. "Employers are desperate," said Leo Duran, vice president of the Texas Restaurant Association. Duran said some restaurants can't compete with unemployment benefits whether that be from state or federal funding. His restaurant, L&J Cafe in central El Paso, is one of many currently hiring as he is hoping to expand busi...

Get 25% off of the regular $65 annual All Access rate. With this subscription you will get: ♦ Digital access to ElPasoInc.com and archives (value $45) ♦ Print subscription home or business delivered (value $65) ♦ Book of Lists (annual rate only, value $50) ♦ El Paso Inc. Magazine (value $20) ♦ El Paso Kids Inc. - OR -  ♦Complete digital access to ElPasoInc.com. Starting at

Actions we take now will mitigate poverty's expansion: David Stout David C. Stout, Guest columnist © BRIANA SANCHEZ/EL PASO TIMES Sarah Ellis, a registered nurse at University Medical Center of El Paso, gets a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in El Paso. Over the next few days, it should receive about 2,900 doses of the vaccine, officials said. As fall turns into winter, there are reasons to feel optimistic that the pandemic’s grip on our community is loosening. COVID-19’s immediate effects here are the dead and the disruption of daily life.  As America has mo...