Governor Walz is moving forward with a bill to replenish Minnesota’s unemployment insurance fund and to provide frontline workers with bonuses. Walz signed the package yesterday that will replace nearly two-and-three-quarter billion dollars drained from the unemployment insurance fund due to job loss claims from the impact of the pandemic. Officials say around 130-thousand businesses in the state will also receive unemployment insurance tax relief through the bill. The law will also include 750-dollar bonuses for eligible workers in the health care, child care, school, food service, public transit, long-term care, building service, emergency response, retail, and manufacturing sectors.
Walz Signs Bill To Replenish Unemployment Insurance, Give Frontline Worker Bonus
About the Author: Ashley Hanley
Ashley (Goettl) Hanley is a North Mankato native and Mankato West graduate who made the switch from TV journalism to radio.
After five years at KEYC News 12, Ashley is thrilled to be working for KTOE News. Ashley and her husband John, and son John, enjoy spending time in the community. You can also find Ashley coaching and playing softball and supporting her brother on the MSU football team and her sister with Scarlet athletics.
Even though she went to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Ashley kept her Minnesota roots and is a big Twins and Vikings fan!