Holcomb reinstates work search requirement for unemployment recipients
Unemployment benefit claimants have not needed to complete weekly work search activities since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address virtually, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Indianapolis. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 3:06 PM EDT May 11, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb officially reinstated the requirement for people who are unemployed to be actively looking for full-time work.
The state has waived the requirement since the beginning of the pandemic. However, late last week Holcomb s office issued a statement about the future of pandemic-related unemployment benefits in the state.
Governors Call on President Biden to End Border Crisis
Governors Call on President Biden to End Border Crisis
PIERRE, SD – Today, Governor Kristi Noem, along with 19 governors, called on President Biden and Vice President Harris to take immediate action on the crisis at the southern border. You can read the governors’ letter here.
“The crisis is too big to ignore and is now spilling over the border states into all of our states,” wrote
Governor Noem and the other governors. “The cause of the border crisis is entirely due to reckless federal policy reversals executed within your first 100 days in office. The rhetoric of the Biden Administration and the rollback of critical agreements with our allies have led to the inhumane treatment of tens of thousands of children and undermined a fragile immigration system.”
Holcomb to reinstate requirement that unemployment claimants actively seek, be available for work
Holcomb also asked the Department of Workforce Development to complete an analysis of the last 16 months of unemployment here.
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address virtually, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Indianapolis. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 12:57 AM EDT May 8, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS After at least two states announced plans this week to discontinue participation in a federal supplemental unemployment benefit program, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s office issued a statement Friday about the future of pandemic-related unemployment programs here.
“I’ve asked the Department of Workforce Development to complete a demographic analysis of unemployed Hoosiers over the past 16 months so I have the best information available to make an informed decision about whether the state should
Sofie Alge May 5, 2021
“What makes our movement, ‘Confront the Climate Crisis,’ so powerful,” says youth climate activist from West Lafayette, Annabel Prokopy, “is that we are not only young people who are crazy passionate about change real, meaningful, and crucial change but we are young people who are working together.”
Annabel Prokopy speaking at the Statehouse on March 19, 2021.
Many of Indiana’s youth such as Annabel took to the podium Friday, March 19, on the southside steps of the Indianapolis Statehouse, urging the state to declare a climate emergency. This climate emergency declaration would mean that the state of Indiana acknowledges that climate change is a public health threat and national security threat. It means our state legislature announces their recognition of the severity of the climate crisis, and puts it on record that they will advocate for sustainable legislative actions, as well as take emergency action before it’s to