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The Kansas Department of Labor's unemployment benefits website is pictured Dec. 29, 2020. Unemployed Kansans will receive new and extended coronavirus pandemic relief payments until March after a $900 billion federal stimulus package was signed into law over the weekend. However, it’s unclear when the new payments will begin, and a Kansas Department of Labor spokesman did not commit to saying state residents would not experience a lapse in the extended unemployment aid this week. On Sunday, President Donald Trump signed the COVID-19 economic relief package into law, providing an extension t...

Topeka Capital-Journal Thousands of Kansans will see their unemployment benefits restored after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package into law Sunday evening, though there is still no shortage of uncertainty and frustration for residents working their way through the system. Kansans eligible for unemployment benefits will be able to get an extra 11 weeks of payments under the stimulus package, as well as a $300 per-week enhancement. That is a less dramatic version of the expanded unemployment program passed in the CARES Act in March. The Pandemic Unemployment As...

John Hanna, Associated Press Story updated at 6:31 p.m. Tuesday: TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named the Kansas Department of Labor’s deputy secretary as its top administrator as she works to find a permanent leader for the agency, which struggled for months to process a surge in claims from workers left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic. New Acting Secretary Brett Flachsbarth is the third person to lead the Department of Labor in less than seven months. Kelly’s first labor secretary, Delía García, resigned in June amid problems with the system for distributing unemplo...

After months of negotiations, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill Monday night, sealing the deal at long last on a wide-ranging aid package that includes everything from unemployment benefits to rural broadband. All members of Kansas' congressional delegation voted for the bill, which is the most significant injection of aid dollars since the CARES Act was approved in the spring. It was awaiting President Donald Trump's signature, which was expected later Tuesday. There were also some significant components not included in the legislation — namely direct aid for state and ...

Deputy named to lead COVID-19-stressed Kansas labor agency By JOHN HANNADecember 22, 2020 GMT TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named the Kansas Department of Labor’s deputy secretary as its top administrator as she works to find another, permanent leader for an agency that struggled for months to process a surge in claims from workers left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic. Acting Secretary Brett Flachsbarth became the third person to lead the Department of Labor in less than seven months. Kelly’s first labor secretary, Delia Garcia, resign in June amid problems with...