More than 300,000 Ohio residents could receive up to $3,000 each, depending on a forthcoming state Supreme Court decision regarding the COVID-19 unemployment benefits, Newsweek reported Tuesday.
The possibility moved closer after the court agreed to hear the case, following lower-court rulings that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to end the unemployment program 10 weeks before it was scheduled to stop violated state law.
State residents did not receive an additional $900 million in federal payments. The federal government had agreed that unemployment benefits of eligible workers could be sent out by each state.
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