May 19, 2021 Press Release
Officials will meet laborers, union leaders at Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to discuss American Jobs Plan, importance of replacing nation’s infrastructure
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Wednesday May 19, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will visit the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge construction site in southeast Washington, D.C. The officials will offer remarks about the American Jobs Plan, its creation of millions of good-paying jobs and the importance of replacing the nation’s infrastructure.
Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi are among the latest Southern states that announced they would be withdrawing from federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
The $300 unemployment checks, part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, will be extended through Sept. 6 for states that do not withdraw.
Signed in March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded states ability to help workers previously ineligible for unemployment benefits through unemployment insurance. The act, signed into law by President Donald Trump that featured $600 weekly checks, was originally set to expire in December 2020 until President Joe Biden extended it as part of the American Rescue Plan, but with $300 in benefits.
Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi latest to opt out of federal unemployment benefits Daniella Medina, Nashville Tennessean
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Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi are among the latest Southern states that announced they would be withdrawing from federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
The $300 unemployment checks, part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, will be extended through Sept. 6 for states that do not withdraw.
Signed in March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded states ability to help workers previously ineligible for unemployment benefits through unemployment insurance. The act, signed into law by President Donald Trump that featured $600 weekly checks, was originally set to expire in December 2020 until President Joe Biden extended it as part of the American Rescue Plan, but with $300 in benefits.
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Alabama
Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will end the state’s participation in federal unemployment programs geared to the pandemic, including supplements to jobless benefits and a suspension of a work-search requirement. The state will withdraw from the program June 19, the governor’s office said in a statement Monday. Applications for the pandemic-related benefits will be processed until then. The decision means the state will withdraw from programs that provided an additional $300 weekly payment in unemployment insurance; extended benefits to self-employed, gig workers and part-time workers; extended benefits for those who’ve exhausted regular benefits; and provided an additional $100 benefit to people with mixed earnings. “Among other factors, increased unemployment assistance, which was meant to be a short-term relief program during emergency