INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state temporarily continue payment of federal unemployment benefits.

The latest ruling affirms an earlier court order that Indiana must restart the extra $300 weekly payments to unemployed workers. Chief Judge Cale Bradford denied a request from the state government to issue a stay on a Marion County judge's order that Indiana must resume participation in the federal government's programs (unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic).

The state government could next call on the Indiana Supreme Court to consider the preliminary injunction.