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Michael Martz
19 hrs ago
Virginia would have to spend $45 million a week for its share of enhanced unemployment benefits under an executive order President Donald Trump signed last weekend, but the state could draw on other federal aid to cover its part of enhanced payments to people who lost work in the economic crisis.
The executive order, issued after a breakdown in talks between Republicans and Democrats over a new COVID-19 relief package, requires participating states to pay 25% of the $400 weekly benefit, or $100 a week, for each eligible unemployment beneficiary.
“The latest word from Washington has created mass confusion, forcing states to divert precious time and money from actually helping people,” Neely said. “Meanwhile, workers are left without benefits and the country’s economic future grows even more uncertain.”
... “We don’t even know if the executive order is legal,” said Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne, who met with FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor on Wednesday to discuss the issue.
19 hrs ago
Virginia would have to spend $45 million a week for its share of enhanced unemployment benefits under an executive order President Donald Trump signed last weekend, but the state could draw on other federal aid to cover its part of enhanced payments to people who lost work in the economic crisis.
The executive order, issued after a breakdown in talks between Republicans and Democrats over a new COVID-19 relief package, requires participating states to pay 25% of the $400 weekly benefit, or $100 a week, for each eligible unemployment beneficiary.
“The latest word from Washington has created mass confusion, forcing states to divert precious time and money from actually helping people,” Neely said. “Meanwhile, workers are left without benefits and the country’s economic future grows even more uncertain.”
... “We don’t even know if the executive order is legal,” said Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne, who met with FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor on Wednesday to discuss the issue.
