Capitol Media Services:
Gov. Ducey has accepted a federal offer of an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits to more than 370,000 Arizonans out of work to replace the $600 payments that expired at the end of July.
In a press release, the governor described the move as the state “partnering” with the Trump administration.
But that partnership involves no state cash — or even cash the federal government has given to Arizona as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
All Arizona will provide is the regular state unemployment benefits which are capped at $240 a week, a figure the governor has shown no interest in adjusting. And that is paid for not by the state but by a tax on employers based on how often they lay off workers.
