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The legislature failed to pass a bill that aimed to forgive nearly $150 million in mostly federal benefits given to thousands of Missourians mistakenly during the height of the pandemic.
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Missouri’s governor says federal unemployment programs have incentivized people to stay out of the workforce; Democrats criticize Parson directive
Saying that there’s a labor shortage across Missouri, Governor Mike Parson (R) has issued a directive to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits. Missouri’s House Democratic Leader is blasting the decision.
Governor Mike Parson meets an employee at Quaker Windows in mid-Missouri’s Eldon on May 6, 2021 (photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page)