{"id":1962,"date":"2020-08-05T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2020-09-27T07:47:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T14:47:01","slug":"where-were-at-with-unemployment-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/where-were-at-with-unemployment-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Where we&#8217;re at with Unemployment Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We will update this page to reflect current the current situation<\/p>\n<p>Right now CARES Act $600 supplemental funds expired on July 25&#8211;The House extended them, but the Senate has taken no action yet.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ducey has\u00a0NOT issued an executive order to match what Gov. Kemp in Georgia did by extending the earnings disregard to $300 (so people returning to work on a part-time basis can make up the lost income).\u00a0 Instead in Arizona people earning as little as $240 a week lose ALL benefits.\u00a0 <a title=\"GCI Fact Checks Gov. Ducey on Unemployment Insurance\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nVrBxf44tt4\" target=\"_blank\">GCI fact checked the Governor&#8217;s July 30, 2020 press conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona continues to have the worst state level benefits&#8211;No special session to address it has been called yet.\u00a0 The clock is ticking&#8211;Arizona has until early September to implement changes OR large numbers of Arizonans on unemployment assistance will not benefit (forthcoming paper).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"GCI Unemployment Recommendations-Presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UI-recommendations-Presentation-9.20.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GCI Unemployment Recommendations&#8211;Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"GCI Research Finds: $1 to $2 billion lost in economic activity\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/UI-research-findings-Exclusions-7.22.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GCI Research Findings: $1 to $2 billion in lost economic activity due to AZ&#8217;s current unemployment system<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will update this page to reflect current the current &hellip; 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