DeWine: Ohio will take Trump's $300 jobless pay boost

The Columbus Dispatch: Gov. Mike DeWine has ruled out the state kicking in an additional $100 a week on top of a White House plan to provide COVID-19-impacted unemployed workers with an additional $300 a week in federal assistance.

One option outlined by President Donald Trump involved an additional $400 a week in jobless benefits, with states providing $100 of that total. But Ohio plans no new spending, said DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney.

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