Dozens of federal unemployment benefit programs will expire on December 26, unless Congress decides to extend them. If they aren’t extended, an estimated 12 million Americans will be cut from their unemployment insurance.
Today we find out what unemployment insurance looks like in Indiana, how the pandemic has changed access to these benefits, and what’s at stake for the Hoosiers who have it.
Produced by Micah Yason.
Guests:
Justin Hicks
Workforce Development Reporter, Indiana Public Broadcasting
Jim Sullivan
Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Erin Macey
Senior Policy Analyst, Indiana Institute for Working Families