Franklin County judge denies extension of $300 weekly unemployment payments in Ohio
Updated: 8:22 PM EDT July 29, 2021 FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — A Franklin County judge denied extending the $300 weekly federal benefit in Ohio on Thursday. Gov. Mike DeWine ended the extra payments from Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation on June 26. The FPUC was part of the CARES Act to help Americans who were struggling with unemployment during the pandemic. Had Franklin County Pleas Court Judge Michael Holbrook passed a preliminary injunction, the case would have been sent to the 10th District Court of Appeals. After that, it would have went to the Ohio Supreme Court....