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$300 unemployment benefit: which states still keep payments?
In a handful of states where the governor hasn’t ended federal unemployment benefits early there are calls from lawmakers for such steps to be taken.
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Citing labor shortages due to overly generous unemployment compensation,
the governors of more than two dozen states have ended or will end at least one or all of the federal unemployment insurance programs early,
nearly all Republican led. In a handful of other states with Democrat governors but Republican-controlled legislatures,
Republican lawmakers are pushing to end the $300 weekly unemployment booster.
States are taking different approaches to encourage their residents to go back to work as the economy reopens. Four of the states that are ending participation in the federal programs have
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The claim: Several states with Democratic governors have higher unemployment rates than states with Republican governors
One viral social media post claims that some states have the highest unemployment rates because they’re run by Democratic governors.
The post lists Hawaii, Nevada, California, Colorado and New York as the states with the highest unemployment rates, ranging from 9.3% to 8.2%.
The states with the lowest unemployment rates are Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Vermont and Utah, ranging from 3% to 3.6%, according to the post. The post notes that these states all have Republican governors.