Unemployment

All but $1 billion in funding would come from federal coronavirus packages that were approved in March and December.

As of early March there were still about 640,000 people in our state continuing to receive unemployment. For 75% of those, they got federal pandemic benefits, not state.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan might keep many people from paying taxes on some 2020 pay.

What's the biggest reason you've quit a job? Did you get a gloriously dramatic exit out of it?

We have gone from around 388,000 people (about half the population of Delaware) to 301,000 of people receiving state unemployment

Many of those enjoying unemployment benefits now will lose them without the executive order.

59 total weeks of benefits will now be covered by the State

The bill will also offer up match funding for flood clean up in Midland and Gladwin Counties.

there are fewer than 42,000 still unpaid workers at this time. But that is still a lot of people who are in dire need of an income.

President Trump did an executive order after congress did not approve another stimulus package, offering to cover $300 a week in addition to their unemployment checks