(CNN) Arizona residents received $300 boosts in their unemployment checks this week, the first to receive payouts from President Donald Trump's executive measure to enhance jobless benefits. About 400,000 Arizonans collected a total of $201 million in benefits as of Thursday, including the beginning of retroactive payments for the weeks ending August 1 and August 8, according to the state's Department of Economic Security. In addition to Arizona, they include Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. After cash-strapped states complained, the Department of Labor said they could count their existing unemployment payments toward the required match. At least two states, Kentucky and Montana, said they would add $100 to the federal enhancement, for a total of $400 a week.

Source: CNN August 22, 2020 00:21 UTC