The Answer Yes, it appears that each state can decide if it will stop offering the expanded federal pandemic unemployment benefits. However, there could be a legal challenge related to the ending of benefits for people who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits like gig workers and the self-employed. What We Found Over the last few weeks, the governors of 24 states, including Indiana, have announced plans to end all or some of the additional unemployment benefits provided by the federal government during the pandemic. Most states are ending the benefits some time in June. Holcomb made the announcement on May 17 that the benefits in Indiana would end June 19. In addition, he is reinstating the requirement for people getting unemployment payments to be actively searching for full-time work as of June 1.