At least five states have begun paying out a federal boost to weekly unemployment benefits. Others have signaled they’ll do so within days.
Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas are the first states to disburse the aid, a $300-a-week increase in jobless benefits. (States could choose to kick in an additional $100 a week, but most have opted against it.)
It’s been nearly three weeks since President Trump signed an executive measure creating the Lost Wages Assistance program.
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