11/22/2022
The court’s unanimous decision on Tuesday called the case “moot” without any additional explanation.
At issue before the court was a weekly $300 federal payment for Ohioans to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The federal government ended that in September of last year, but DeWine stopped the payments two months earlier, saying the need was over.
Attorney Marc Dann said he believes the unemployment benefits authorized by Congress are still available and that he will continue to fight in the state’s lower courts for the benefits to be paid.
Ending the program early stopped about $900 million in Ohio payments.
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