The Extended Unemployment Benefits program serves as a crucial support system for workers who have depleted their regular unemployment benefits. During times of high unemployment, these benefits ...

So far this year, 25 states have ended the Extended Benefits program. That program made sure people out of work for long periods of time continued receiving financial assistance. But there was a catch ...

The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced Friday that the federal Extended Benefits program will end Saturday, Nov. 7. The United States Department of Labor runs the program, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri labor officials say an estimated 9,000 unemployed workers will no longer receive extended benefits because the state's jobless rate has declined. The state ...

Nebraska workers who have exhausted their unemployment benefits may apply for extended benefits beginning today. Congress approved and President Bush signed the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 ...

DENVER — Colorado is waiting on a decision from the U.S. Department of Labor on how to move forward with its extended unemployment benefits program. The State Extended Benefits program is paid for by ...

About three dozen states are participating in the federally funded extended benefits program. Seven other states with unemployment rates high enough to be eligible have not passed legislation allowing ...

More than 7,400 residents of the Triad and Northwest North Carolina will lose their extended state unemployment benefits on April 16, according to the N.C. Employment Security Commission. That ...

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