Unemployment

The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed as moot an order to pay $300 weekly pandemic unemployment assistance checks to Ohioans who sued last year, but the state says that ruling ends the case.

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Since Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther imposed a mask mandate this week, fears are building among statewide eateries that more restrictions could be coming, including shutdowns. The Ohio Restaurant Association is cautiously optimistic that another shutdown will not happen.

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.

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.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio remain flat at around 1,500 per day; Gov. DeWine says 570,000 vaccine doses are coming next week; Ohio will make public a list of nursing homes and assisted living facilities that have not requested vaccines or disclosed vaccination status; and more stories.

The wage and employment gaps between Black and white workers that have lasted two decades continue.

Despite the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic, Akron's rental market continues to grow.

The top leader of the Ohio Senate addresses the system's challenges and talks about what's being done to overcome them.

134,000 gig workers, independent contractors and self-employed Ohioans who have been waiting on their unemployment claims for more than a month will now get paid.