Ohioans could see $900 million in federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits finally reach their pockets, after the state Supreme ...

Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision ordering Gov. Mike DeWine to pursue the unemployment compensation he turned down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorneys ...

Jobless workers demonstrate in support of continued federal unemployment benefits in the pandemic economy. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). A group of Ohioans is urging a state appeals court to secure ...

OHIO — Ohio’s unemployment rate hit 5% in July 2025, up from 4.9% in June, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Despite the increase in the unemployment rate, Ohio’s ...

A group of Ohioans is urging a state appeals court to secure nearly $900 million in pandemic unemployment assistance state officials never handed out. The plaintiffs won a judgment against Gov. Mike ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been ordered by a judge to ask the U.S. Department of Labor for an estimated $900 million in unclaimed Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation funds. The ...

COLUMBUS – Ohio’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in July, marking an increase from June’s 4.9% and a significant jump from 4.3% in July 2024. The numbers reveal a paradoxical situation for Ohio workers: ...

COLUMBUS— A contract employee working for Ohio’s unemployment system improperly released more than $100,000 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits and collected nearly $19,000 in benefits she ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A group of Ohioans and former Ohio Attorney General Mark Dann scored a major victory when a Franklin County judge ordered Gov. Mike DeWine to recoup $900 million he declined ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the state has the sixth-worst unemployment rate in the nation. Currently, the national unemployment rate is 4.1%; ...

Ohio had the sixth-highest unemployment of any state in April. The news comes after years of state officials spending billions on economic growth programs tilted heavily toward the wealthy. It might ...