Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether Gov. Mike DeWine must distribute $900M in COVID benefits to Ohioans

The class-action lawsuit claims DeWine should belated pay $300-per-week federal COVID jobless benefits to 320,000 eligible ...

Ohio Supreme Court revisits DeWine’s rejection of $900M in pandemic aid — but don’t expect a reversal

In summer 2021, when many Ohioans were still reeling from pandemic job losses, Gov. Mike DeWine made a controversial decision ...

Woman sentenced in multi-million-dollar COVID unemployment scheme

Alana Hamilton and Lasheta McClellan were sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison and ordered to pay back $1.1 ...
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

Unemployment claims in Ohio declined last week

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Ohio dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 4,341 in ...
Wilmington News Journal

New jobless claims increase in Ohio

Ohioans filed 5,463 initial unemployment claims last week, an increase of 936 from the previous week, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported.
Tribune Chronicle

Business at a glance

Initial unemployment claims rise in state Ohioans filed 5,463 initial unemployment claims for the week of Oct. 19-Oct. 25, the Ohio ...

Ohio jobless claims drop slightly as 45,228 unemployment filings reported statewide

Ohio jobless claims dipped slightly last week, with 4,527 new filings. Continued claims totaled 40,701 as unemployment held ...
The Vindicator

Initial unemployment claims in state drop from week prior

Staff report The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday that Ohioans filed 4,527 initial unemployment claims last week. That represents a drop of 666 claims from the previous ...