President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 8 to offer $300 a week in federally funded enhanced unemployment benefits for workers laid off during the coronavirus pandemic, after the previous enhanced benefits of $600 a week weren’t extended and expired. Mr. Trump also called on states that participate to provide another $100 a week for each recipient. He left it up to the states to decide whether to seek the extra federal payment and whether to include the additional $100, leaving some uncertainty about who might receive...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 21, 2020 09:32 UTC