Ricketts mulls extra unemployment benefits, slams medical marijuana proposal
Gov. Pete Ricketts ran the gamut from unemployment benefits to marijuana during a news conference Monday, with detours to Big Ten Conference football and the spread of the coronavirus on college campuses and among the prison population.
Ricketts said he is "still doing an analysis" about the state costs that would be incurred in participating in a federal program that provides an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits and noted that he has until Sept. 10 to make a decision.
In answer to questions, the governor said he is "very much against" the proposed initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
"This is not a benign thing; this is a dangerous thing," Ricketts said.
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(Lincoln Journal Star)
