On Friday, CNN reported that House Democrats unveil full $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill with minimum wage increase: House Democrats took another step Friday in their effort to advance a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, releasing the full bill text, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage to$15 per hour, $1,400 direct checks … Read more
Arizona trails only Mississippi for the lowest unemployment benefit in the nation, at a maximum benefit of $240 per week. Back in September, Republican Governor Doug Ducey declared that he’ll save money on hand, won’t increase unemployment pay: “It’s on Congress,” the governor said Thursday when asked about the rapidly depleting federal account that is … Read more
Last week Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who defend the filibuster, voted in favor of a budget resolution by the reconciliation process. That budget resolution includes President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that includes $1,400 relief payments to Americans (combined with the $600 enacted in December, rounds up to $2,000). Sens. Joe Manchin … Read more
The Arizona Unemployment Rate for December was 7.5 percent. The National Rate is 6.7 percent. The state benefit for Individual Arizonans on unemployment is $240.00 a week. Only Mississippi in this country is worse. The Arizona Unemployment system discourages people from accepting part-time work before they find a full job again because the “limit to … Read more
Saying “we need to tackle the growing hunger crisis in America,” President Biden has signed an Executive Order allowing the Department of Agriculture to let families hardest hit by the economic downturn caused by the pandemic to enroll for more “generous benefits” in the SNAP-Food Stamp Program. Biden hopes this order will allow millions of … Read more