States left 'holding the bag' as White House terminates grants

Labor Dept Terminating Grants to Update State Unemployment Systems

Axios reports that the White House is terminating federal grants intended to update states' unemployment systems, claiming they have been squandered on bureaucratic and wasteful projects that focused on equitable access rather than advancing access for all Americans in need.

States left 'holding the bag' as White House terminates grants

Axios reports the White House is terminating federal grants intended to update states’ aging unemployment systems, claiming the money was being spent on equity projects.The Trump Labor Department told Axios the grants were "squandered" on "bureaucratic and wasteful projects that focused on equitable access rather than advancing access for all Americans in need.”Critics say words like “equity” often draw a target from the Trump administration, bu…