Unemployment benefits

Lawsuits over those checks continue, though the federal program financing them ended last month.

The state will also start processing requests to not have to repay overpayments, but there's no timeline on when all this might be done.

And they'll do that by using federal coronavirus relief funds.

In addition, the state paid $478 million in fraudulent claims.

While it's a win for advocates who wanted the checks brought back, the case isn't over yet.

Gov. Mike DeWine discontinued the benefits in June.

A Franklin County judge has ruled against reinstating the $300 weekly checks for unemployed Ohioans during the pandemic that were discontinued by Gov. Mike DeWine last month. The judge said the law is clear that DeWine wasn’t obligated to continue the program for around 200,000 Ohioans. But the suit isn't over.

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A Franklin County judge is expected to rule in the coming days on a lawsuit that seeks to restore the $300 weekly checks that the federal government was providing to unemployed people through September. Ohio became one of 26 states that ended the program last month.

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