
Florida becomes the 23rd GOP-led state to end $300-a-week pandemic unemployment benefits
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Florida will stop paying jobless residents the $300-a-week federal boost to unemployment benefits on June 26, the state's Department of Economic Opportunity said Monday.
The announcement brings the number of GOP-led states that are terminating the special pandemic supplement early to 23 -- all citing labor shortages as the reason. A total of 4 million laid-off Americans will forgo roughly $23.3 billion in benefits, according to The Century Foundation. However, Florida, which is led by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is not ending two other federal unemployment programs that provide benefits for freelancers, the self-employed, independent contractors and certain people affected by the coronavirus pandemic and for those who've run out of their regular state benefits.More Related News

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