Enhanced jobless aid ends

Millions of unemployed Americans are no longer receiving enhanced unemployment benefits, according to a report from the Associated Press. The $300 per week supplement unemployment payment will no longer be sent to 2.1 million jobless people. The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, a supplement to the state’s maximum $370 in weekly unemployment benefits, started in March 2020 at $600 per week. The supplement expired last July but was reinstated at $300 in January. Earlier this year, the $300 benefit was extended until Sept. 6. Two other programs — one that provides jobless aid to self-employed and gig workers, the other to people who’ve been unemployed for more than six months — have also expired and it is estimated that a total of 8.9 million people are losing those weekly benefit payments.