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December 28, 2020 10:49 AM Ariana Lake
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SPOKANE, Wash.– The State of Washington is using $54 million dollars of federal CARES Act money to provide one-time payments for some recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits.
On Sunday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the help as a way to bridge the gap created when President Donald Trump neglected to sign the federal COVID-19 relief bill before a Saturday night deadline. The president did sign the bill Sunday, but the delay created a one week gap in PUA benefits for 94,555 Washington residents, according to Gov. Inslee.
According to the Employment Security Department (ESD), emergency payments will be issued to all PUA claimants who:
France s health minister says country cannot rule out possibility of third national lockdown
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French Health Minister Olivier Veran speaks during a press conference in Paris on December 3. Benoit Tessier/Pool/AFP/Getty Images
France’s health minister says he cannot rule out the possibility of a third national lockdown. We never rule out measures that might be necessary to protect populations, Olivier Véran told
Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper on Sunday. This does not mean that we have decided, but that we are observing the situation hour by hour, he added.
While the French government had previously announced its aim to reduce the daily increase in new coronavirus cases to 5,000, this goal has yet to be achieved. 8,822 new coronavirus cases were recorded Sunday.
For the more than half a million Michigan residents who saw their unemployment benefits expire at the end of last week, they were offered some relief with eleventh-hour stimulus packages at both the federal and state levels.
In the waning days of 2020, Michigan Republican and Democratic lawmakers from both legislative chambers approved a $465 million relief package, extending state unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, six months, through March. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign the bill into law.
At nearly the same time, the U.S. Congress passed a $900 billion relief package that would provide a federal supplement to unemployment insurance of $300 through mid-March, and extend Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs.
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Why start of extra $300 weekly unemployment benefits will be delayed in Michigan
Congress passes COVID-19 relief package to extend benefits through March 14
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$300 weekly unemployment payments for residents who qualify for COVID-19 relief will be delayed in Michigan, officials said.
Congress passed a COVID-19 relief package that extends the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation federal unemployment programs.
“This federal extension will bring much needed relief to nearly 700,000 Michigan workers who are currently receiving benefits under the PUA and PEUC programs,” said Liza Estlund Olson, acting director of the Unemployment Insurance Agency. “The continuation of these benefits coupled with the additional $300 in weekly payments for all claimants will provide our workers with the emergency financial assistance to buy essential items like groceries and prescription drugs.”