Ohio Must Try to Get Forfeited $900 Million in Unemployment Cash

Ohio must work to get its hands on funds the federal government allocated to the state for a Covid-19-era unemployment expansion program that the governor forewent by pulling out of the program before it expired, a judge ruled Wednesday.

The order by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook means that Ohioans who were out of work for a set period of more than two months in 2021 and were eligible for an extra $300 in weekly unemployment payments will get paid out of the money the state must now try to obtain from the US Labor Department.

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