Lawsuit argues Iowa’s unemployment benefit cuts are illegal
BPC Staff Aug 25, 2021 | 8:17 pm
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72 wordsAll Latest News, Economic Development, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsAssociated Press: A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to cut off enhanced unemployment benefits for tens of thousands of residents violated state law and asks a court to reinstate their eligibility. The lawsuit, filed this week in Polk County, seeks to make claimants eligible for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment aid they have been denied since Iowa dropped federal pandemic benefit programs June 12.
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