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Indiana sued over the cancellation of federal unemployment programs
Two legal organizations in Indiana are suing the state for the governor's decision to opt out of the federally-funded pandemic unemployment programs.
Indiana Legal Services (ILS) and MaceySwanson Hicks & Sauer law firm have filed a joint lawsuit against the state claiming that ending the benefits would "cause irreparable harm to individual clients."
"These benefits have provided life-sustaining and crucial assistance to many Hoosiers during the pandemic," Jon Laramore, executive director of ILS, said in a statement on Tuesday. "The legislature passed a law creating a right to these benefits, and we’re asking Governor Holcomb to follow the law."
The challenge to Governor Eric Holcomb's decision is based on Indiana law 22-4-37-1 that requires the state to "procure all available federal insurance benefits to citizens," the organizations said in a statement.
Indiana is one of the 25 Republican-led states eliminating or planning to eliminate certain unemployment programs this month and early next month. Alaska, Iowa, Missouri, and Mississippi canceled their programs on Saturday. The federal expiration is September 6.
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