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The NC General Assembly has been in full swing this week, working to find solutions to some of the state s most pressing problems, like school reopening and extending unemployment benefits in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The legislature also has spent the week discussing bills that do not necessarily make the headlines but are very important for those that are affected. One bill, House Bill 53: Education Changes for Military-Connected Students, will make changes to ease the burden of active duty parents worrying about their child s education. Another bill, House Bill 136: Encourage Healthy NC Food in Schools, will help North Carolina farmers by putting muscadine grape juice in public school cafeterias. Most of these bills will pass overwhelmingly with little to no opposition, but they show how important state government can be.
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Unemployment overpayment bill passes Missouri House
Affected MO residents worry about wage garnishment
Unemployment overpayment bill passes Missouri House
and last updated 2021-03-05 19:16:31-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Missourians who were overpaid unemployment monies during the COVID-19 pandemic are one step closer to keeping the cash.
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations paid out $148 million in benefits to people it later found to be ineligible, including $40 million from state coffers and $108 million from federal programs.
The Labor Department says only 3% of it was fraudulent, but many of those Missouri residents have spent
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waive the federal overpayments. It has passed the Missouri House of Representatives, but those residents worry the state will garnish wages or tax refunds before the bill becomes law.
Last week, the Finance Committee of the North Carolina House approved a bill that would require jobless workers who claim unemployment insurance to conduct at least three work searches each week, if they are seeking benefits for a non-COVID-19-related reason. This week, Gov. Cooper signed an executive order that will implement a work search requirement for all those claiming state unemployment insurance after March 14.…