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March 28, 2024

Unemployment, Raw Milk Bills Become Law Without Governor’s Signature

West Virginia Watch, News from the States – Gov. Jim Justice has allowed two bills — one restructuring the state’s unemployment benefit program and another allowing the sale of raw milk — to become law without his signature.

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Justice neither vetoed nor signed Senate Bill 841 or House Bill 4911 before the deadline Wednesday night for him to act on legislation.

Senate Bill 841 locks the amount of unemployment benefits as they are, with a maximum benefit rate of $662 per week. It also caps the amount employers will pay into the unemployment fund at the first $9,500 of an employee’s wage and requires that unemployment benefit recipients do at least four work search activities per week.

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