Governor Greg Abbott is Ending COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits in Texas
Gov. Abbott is ending the benefits to spark Texans to get back to work.
According to NewsWest 9, starting June 26, 2021 the federal unemployment compensation related to COVID-19 will be coming to an end along with the extra $300 that is being added to those benefits. The governor has announced that as of June 26 of this year, Texas will stop participating in the pandemic unemployment programs through the ARPA which is the American Recovery Plan Act, said James Bernsen, Texas Workforce Commission Deputy Communications Director. If they are on the current state unemployment benefits, they will get that. They wouldn’t get a $300 additional if they are on a federal extension in that state, however. Those benefits would expire. Now, they may be eligible for state benefits. It really kind of depends on a case-by-case basis.