The U.S. Labor Department is advising states that they won’t necessarily have to pay extra under President Donald Trump’s new plan to boost unemployment insurance checks, even though it is unclear how the president’s executive action will be implemented and how long it could last.
The presidential action Trump signed on Saturday after virus-relief talks stalled would provide unemployed individuals with $400 in “lost wages assistance” on top of their regular state unemployment insurance benefits. The federal government would cover $300 of that total through disaster relief funds administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
States are encouraged to bankroll ...
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