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States Start Cutting Basic Unemployment Benefits To Below 26 Weeks
Interesting summary from Bloomberg.com of the growing concern at the state level about the cost of unemployment benefits -- and how states are reacting. Initiatives include reducing the number of state funded weeks of regular benefits; tightening eligibility for benefits; and cutting the amount of the maximum weekly benefit paid.
Broke U.S. States