Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey cutting off additional unemployment payments was OK, judge rules
A judge has sided with Gov. Doug Ducey, saying that his decision to cut $300 in extra jobless benefits last year was legal, rejecting claims by unemployed workers that they were entitled to the money.
Ducey cut the supplemental funds in July 2021, two months before they expired, irking unemployed people who were relying on the money amid the quirky pandemic job market.
That move meant more than 100,000 jobless people received less money for eight weeks of benefits, or about $2,400 each. The lawsuit sought to force the state to repay that, but a judge said the governor had the discretion to cut the benefits.
"Although the governor is authorized to accept and expend federal funds ... he is not required to do so," Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper wrote in her decision.
Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/01/14/judge-says-ducey-decision-to-stop-extra-unemployment-benefits-was-legal/6533270001/
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