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And they re using blue state bailout funds to pay for the bonuses.
Republican governors in four states want to give people receiving unemployment benefits a bonus payment if they return to work.
Twenty-four states have said they’ll soon cancel the extra $300 per week and other benefits Congress created to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Those include Montana, Arizona, New Hampshire and Oklahoma, where governors are now adding bonuses.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is adding a bonus without canceling federal benefits.
Earlier this month, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) first announced the state would drop federal benefits and offer “return to work bonuses” instead. People who were receiving benefits on May 4 who subsequently take and hold jobs for four weeks will receive one-time bonuses of $1,200, the equivalent of four weeks of $300 payments.
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