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Indiana must continue pandemic unemployment benefits for now, judge rules
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Indiana must continue paying pandemic unemployment benefits to roughly 230,000 Hoosiers until a lawsuit challenging the early termination of the compensation is decided, a state judge ruled Friday.
Jobless workers filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s order to cease the payments including the $300 weekly federal boost as of June 19. The suit may be the first one aimed at stopping states from ending the pandemic unemployment benefits early.
Indiana Legal Services and Macey Swanson Hicks & Sauer, a private employment law firm, are arguing that the move violates a state law that requires Indiana to “procure all available federal insurance benefits to citizens,” according to the firms.
This Saturday, out-of-work Floridians will no longer be able to collect federal unemployment checks, after Gov. Ron DeSantis decided to cut off the benefits early in an effort to help businesses start hiring again.
When it comes to supporting low-income people, Indiana Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm located at 110 W. Berry St. in Fort Wayne, prides itself on helping in any way