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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Congressional action needed to ensure that emergency unemployment benefits do not expire
Minnesota’s December unemployment rate was down from its 8.4 percent June peak, but many Minnesotans remain out of work and unable to find it. In January, the state said there were approximately 141,000 Minnesotans collecting state unemployment insurance. Another 88,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged COBRA, recovery act, stimulus, unemployment, unemployment insurance
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