Almost 30,000 Floridians on long-term unemployment will lose their extended benefits this weekend, as the “EB” program begins to expire. Across the country, more than 200,000 people will be affected, according to CNNMoney, which reports … Nearly half of them live in California, and the rest reside in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Texas. The federal extended benefits program has provided the jobless with up to 20 weeks of unemployment checks after they’ve run through their state and their federal emergency benefits, which together last up to 79 weeks. But the extended benefits program is expiring throughout the country as the economy improves. To be eligible for these benefits, a state must show that its unemployment rate is at least 10% higher ...
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