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Governor's office evaluating Trump unemployment plan

by Associated Press
| August 10, 2020 2:03 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is evaluating President Donald Trump’s proposal to offer an additional $400 a week in unemployment payments and has not decided if the state will sign on to the plan, which requires states to pick up a fourth of the cost, a spokeswoman said Monday.

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