Thousands of Ohioans are keeping a close eye on the courts for a resolution to a long-running legal battle.
This month, a Franklin County judge ordered the state to pay nearly a billion dollars in federal pandemic unemployment benefits that Governor Mike DeWine cancelled in 2021. The state is appealing the ruling, and 300,000 people are hoping to receive their share of the funds.
“The assistance was always, always intended to be temporary,” DeWine said at a May 2021 press conference announcing Ohio’s withdrawal from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) programme…