DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced that Iowa will join a bevy of Republican-led states ending pandemic-related federal programs that give extra cash to unemployed workers.

Reynolds announced the change Tuesday in a news release, saying the state will end the federal boosts, including an additional $300-a-week unemployment payment.

Reynolds said in the announcement that the benefits are keeping people from returning the work and are hindering the state's economy - a charge echoed by Republican governors in several other states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Montana North Dakota, and South Carolina.

Reynolds said the benefits will end on June 12.

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