Ohio unlikely to get $176M for jobless benefits

COLUMBUS — As Ohio faced Monday’s dead­line to expand unem­ploy­ment ben­e­fits and receive $176 mil­lion in fed­eral stim­u­lus money, state offi­cials had not applied for the money and the Gen­eral Assem­bly had not sched­uled any ses­sions to take any action. The fed­eral gov­ern­ment set aside $7 bil­lion for unem­ploy­ment com­pen­sa­tion for states that broaden their unem­ploy­ment pro­grams. The pro­vi­sion is part of the Amer­i­can Recov­ery and Rein­vest­ment Act.