Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Apr 15, 2021 11:11 AM
During the week of April 4-10, a total of 235 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 79 claims from the prior week’s total of 314.
The latest number of continued state claims is 3,168 for the week ending April 3, a decrease of 574 from the prior week’s total of 3,742. This indicates the number of unemployed workers eligible for and receiving benefits after their initial claim.
For the week ending April 10, a total of $783,000 was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $1.1 million in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $107,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $311,040 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
Ruling From Parliamentarian Gives Democrats an Extra Shot at Reconciliation. At the onset of the Biden Presidency, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sat for an
interview with NBC News in which he telegraphed a so-called “ace up his sleeve.” Well, I think we now know the identity of the Ace: The most important policy
news on the federal level to drop since the last
newsletter is the Parliamentarian’s ruling that the majority party in the Senate the Democrats, via Kamala Harris for those uninitiated may pass three reconciliation bills this year. Democrats were already celebrating the fact that they could pass two reconciliation bills this year, but this ruling from the parliamentarian gifts Democrats a much-needed windfall to pass their increasingly expensive agenda. Indeed, in an interview on NBC News, Senator Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Budget Committee, noted that the ruling is “important because i
Gov. John Bel Edwards delivers his annual State of the State Address at Southern University s A.W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. April 12, 2021.
As Louisiana lawmakers gaveled in the 2021 Legislative Session on Monday, Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards presented two vastly different agendas and two vastly different approaches to the state’s ongoing fight against COVID-19.
Monday afternoon, GOP lawmakers struck a tone and staked out an agenda reminiscent of pre-pandemic Louisiana, focusing on tax reform legislation, sports betting regulation, changes to the state’s election laws, and proposals that would limit the rights of transgender youth.
WRKF Gov. John Bel Edwards delivers his annual State of the State Address at Southern University s A.W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. April 12, 2021.
As Louisiana lawmakers gaveled in the 2021 Legislative Session on Monday, Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards presented two vastly different agendas and two vastly different approaches to the state’s ongoing fight against COVID-19.
Monday afternoon, GOP lawmakers struck a tone and staked out an agenda reminiscent of pre-pandemic Louisiana, focusing on tax reform legislation, sports betting regulation, changes to the state’s election laws, and proposals that would limit the rights of transgender youth.