Ohio Won’t Ante Up for Trump’s Unemployment Insurance Plan
- Plan is too heavy a burden on ravaged budgets, Cuomo says
- In California, ‘There is no money sitting in the piggy bank’
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Ohio has no plans to spend money President Donald Trump wants as a state match for extended unemployment insurance, a spokesman for its Republican governor said Monday.
Congressional negotiations for a massive relief bill are stalled and Trump’s plan, one of several measures intended to bypass lawmakers, would require that states pay $100 of a weekly $400 benefit. That would be a burden for budgets already gutted by plunging revenue and new expenses.