States that struggled for months to meet the surge in demand for unemployment benefits are discovering that they’re well-equipped to stop paying more than 20 million Americans the extra $600 per week in federal aid that expired last week.
At the same time, many laid-off workers who’ve been drawing weekly jobless benefits will start discovering Tuesday that their direct deposits or mailed checks are $600 lighter—down to a national weekly average of $320 compared with the $920 average before Congress allowed the program to expire. Some may not see that change reflected in their bank accounts until later this week, ...