Texans Sue Gov. Abbott for Ending $300 Weekly Federal Unemployment Payments Early
More than 30,000 people are part of a suit claiming Abbott exceeded his power
Peter Wade, provided by
FacebookTwitterEmail
More than 30,000 people are suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his early cessation of $300-per-week supplemental federal unemployment payments for state residents during the pandemic.
The group of plaintiffs organized through Facebook groups created to help unemployed Texans navigate the state’s bureaucracy to claim benefits. They argue in the suit that Abbott did not have the authority to end the payments from the federal government, the
Houston Chronicle reported. Abbott decided to decline the benefits beginning June 26th, even though the federal government has them scheduled to continue through at least September 6th. The federal payments were also going to gig workers and self-employed Texans who are not eligible for the state’s unemployment benefits.
Texans Sue Gov Abbott for Ending Federal Unemployment Payments rollingstone.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rollingstone.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mattress Mack s wife helped rescue Houston s missing tiger, India
FacebookTwitterEmail
India, a 9-month-old tiger, looks out from his traveling cage at BARC in Houston as he is prepared to head to Cleveland Armory Black Beauty Ranch on Sunday, May 16, 2021. India was surrendered by its owner, about a week after it was spotted loose in a Houston neighborhood.Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer
McIngvale helped facilitate India s surrender from his handlers and presumed owners at her business, Club Westside, a West Houston fitness center that is also home to a few exotic animals, the Houston Chronicle s Rebecca Carballo and Julian Gill report.
People with mental illnesses in jails around the country are routinely dying in horrific ways and under preventable circumstances, a Virginian-Pilot investigation has found.
Tomlinson: Vaccine offers promise, but COVID still requires discipline, sacrifice in months ahead By Chris Tomlinson, Staff writer
Vaccines generate hope that we will soon curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, but resolving our economic and health crises will require continued personal discipline and collective economic sacrifice.
Popular Searches
Almost every day, I see a headline declaring that some key indicator has turned positive. Unemployment is not as bad as feared, the economy did not shrink as much as anticipated, businesses are not in as bad a shape as analysts expected.
Pharmaceutical companies developed vaccines at record speed, better treatments mean fatality rates are dropping, and the mutant viruses are manageable. Every day, scientists learn something new, taking us a step closer to normalcy.