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CHEYENNE — Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming will end its participation in federal supplemental unemployment benefits in order to address workforce shortages being felt throughout the state. The programs were made available through federal laws initiated in response to the pandemic and include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Continued Assistance to Unemployed Workers Act of 2020. The additional payments will no longer be available to claimants as of June 19, 2021. “Wyoming needs workers, our businesses are raring to go,” Governor Gordon said....

CHEYENNE – Unemployment Insurance benefits for many claimants who would not qualify for regular UI are scheduled to expire on Dec. 26 without further action from the U.S. Congress. Regular UI is not affected by the Dec. 26 deadline. However, those claimants receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation will receive no payments after Dec. 26. For some claimants, the expiration may come sooner. PUA and PEUC are available for 39 weeks and 13 weeks, respectively. When those weeks of eligibility are consumed, claimants will no longer receive paymen...