“The South Dakota economy, never closing down, has recovered nearly 80% of our job losses,” Noem, a vocal supporter of the president, said in a statement on Friday. “South Dakota is open to business – that applies to our business owners and their employees.”
Initially, the president said the unemployed would receive as much as $ 400 a week, but that states would have to raise $ 100 of that amount. Following a call for coups with cash, the Department of Labor said states could count benefits they already pay for the contest obligation.
It could take weeks for the Lost Wages Assistance money to start flowing to the unemployed, according to some experts, although the administration said it could be done in two weeks. Payments will be retroactive until the week ending August 1, but can only last six weeks once all states sign up.
“More states to come!” he tweeted.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Gov. of West Virginia, Jim Justice, both Republicans, and Gov. Roy Cooper, a North Carolina Democrat, said last week that her states will participate as well. Other executives, including Brian Kemp of Georgia, another ally of Trump, said they were monitoring the executive measure.
Although Noem says South Dakota has many of its jobs back, the June unemployment rate was 7.2%, more than twice March’s 3.1% rate, although down from 10.9% in April. Eight states had lower rates in June.
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