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The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights of the bill President Biden signed Thursday.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for bipartisan support for the upcoming House vote on the Senate-amended legislation. Such support is unlikely, as Republicans are fiercely opposed to the package.
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Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels of the unemployed not seen since the Great Recession.
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The change is a compromise between progressive members who wanted enhanced benefits for several more months and moderate Democrats who wanted to curb the weekly payments.
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Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.2% last month as the winter wave of coronavirus infections eased.
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The head of the state agency that oversees Ohio’s embattled unemployment system is stepping down.Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio Department of Job and Family…
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The top leader of the Ohio Senate says the issues with the state's unemployment compensation system represent a catastrophic government failure.Senate…
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The proposal, which would provide a new round of financial support for workers, families and businesses, will now advance to the Senate.
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Backers of the president's ambitious stimulus plan say it will help struggling families and businesses, but critics say it goes too far.
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In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the fraud and disarray in the…