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Judge orders state to ask feds for $900M in COVID unemployment benefits for 300,000 Ohioans
Ohio must try to get back around a billion dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits from the federal government and distribute it to Ohioans who have been waiting since June 2021.
Gov. Mike DeWine ordered by judge to ask for $900 million in unclaimed Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation funds that Ohio turned down in 2021
The order is the result of a class action lawsuit filed by attorney Marc Dann for the benefit of about 320,000 Ohioans.
Eligible Ohioans could receive thousands in COVID checks, if Gov. DeWine asks for the cash
A Franklin County judge ruled that the DeWine administration violated Ohio law by ending the federal assistance program ...