Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether Gov. Mike DeWine must distribute $900M in COVID benefits to Ohioans

Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether Gov. Mike DeWine must distribute $900M in COVID benefits to Ohioans

The class-action lawsuit claims DeWine should belated pay $300-per-week federal COVID jobless benefits to 320,000 eligible Ohioans.

Ohio Supreme Court takes up $900 pandemic unemployment case

The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider a class action lawsuit that could force GOP Gov. Mike DeWine to accept $900 million in unclaimed federal unemployment funds to distribute to the more than 300,000 Ohioans who lost their jobs during the pandemic.  Federal law passed by Congress in 2020 provided an extra $300 a week for those who filed for unemployment during the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government …