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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address virtually, in Indianapolis. Gov. Holcomb asked a court Tuesday, April 27, 2021, to block a new law that legislators passed giving themselves more authority to intervene when the stateâs chief executive declares an emergency. The measure establishes a new process under which legislative leaders can call the General Assembly into what it calls an âemergency session.â The governorâs lawsuit argues that the Legislature is âusurping a power given exclusively to the governorâ under the Indiana Constitution to call lawmakers into a special session.
Oklahoma is offering $1,200 to a limited number of unemployed workers who head back to work Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman
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Oklahoma will pay people $1,200 to get off unemployment benefits and start working.
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order creating the Return to Work Incentive, which incentivizes finding a job instead of continuing to claim unemployment benefits.
The first 20,000 people who qualify and apply for the program will receive $1,200 after completing six weeks of a new job. Our challenge is not to get businesses back open; we ve done that. It s been getting employees back to work, Stitt said Monday. Without a doubt, one of the factors causing this has been the continued extension of extra federal benefits.
What you need to know about end of federal pandemic unemployment programs in Indiana Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star
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Starting June 19, unemployed Hoosiers will no longer have access to federally funded pandemic unemployment benefits.
But thousands of Indiana residents continue to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Indiana workers filed roughly 8,100 new jobless claims during the first week of May.
How many people are using unemployment benefits?
According to the governor s office, Indiana’s unemployment rate has recovered to 3.9% after climbing to 17% at the height of the pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Labor says 473,000 Americans sought unemployment benefits during the first week of May, a drop of 34,000 from the previous week and new pandemic low.
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