Unemployment

Geri Maples is executive director of the Southwest Ohio chapter of Blue Star Families, a nonprofit supporting military families. She was interviewed for this season of Veterans' Voices.

WYSO's Jerry Kenney speaks with Bill LaFayette, owner of Regionomics, an economics strategy firm in Columbus, about the state of the economy for the Dayton area.

State records show that iDX corporation will eliminate 62 positions, mostly in admin, logistics and distribution. Layoffs will begin in mid-september.

Illinois-based marketing agency Amsive will lay off 60 employees in its Miamisburg branch.

Dayton is among the worst cities in the U.S for living-wage jobs, according to economic think-tank.

Experts say rural Trump supporters are seeing an increase in COVID death tolls. Also, parasitic ticks are on the rise in Ohio.

The president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce said he has a proposal to change the way unemployment benefits are paid.

Ohio’s unemployment rate is 5%, just slightly higher than it was before the double-digit spike from the pandemic last year. “Help Wanted” and "Now Hiring” signs are common sights, especially at restaurants and retail stores.

Ohioans who qualify for unemployment benefits will receive a federal extension of $300 a week. During the bi-weekly briefing on the coronavirus today, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted reported that Ohio's application for $717 million federal funds to pay the benefit has been approved by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Payments to more than a quarter of a million non-traditional unemployment cases in Ohio are being halted and are under investigation. The state says...

For unemployed Ohioans, the additional $600 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation added to their state benefits is set to expire tomorrow. Congress has not passed a new coronavirus relief package, and local jobless residents worry they will not be able to make ends meet.

An extra 20 weeks of unemployment compensation will be made available to eligible Ohioans once they have exhausted their other benefits.