Federal stimulus package would increase unemployment insurance benefits
As Kriss noted yesterday, initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) during the week ending March 21 were up significantly, in both Washington and the U.S. as a whole. (Kriss also looks at claims by industry here.) And, as Rachel La Corte of the Associated Press reports, “Based on the number of claims that have come […]
26th of March 2020
Washington’s state and local governments could get about $3 billion under federal stimulus package
Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the third coronavirus stimulus package, via H.R. 748 (the final text is here). The U.S. House is expected to act on the bill tomorrow. As passed by the Senate, it includes $150.0 billion for a relief fund for state, local, and tribal governments (Sec. 5001). (This is the amount that […]