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02-29-2016, 07:38 AM
Journalist David Lieb wrote for The Associated Press 28 February 2016:
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States traditionally have offered up to half a year of aid for the unemployed as they search for new jobs. But since the end of the Great Recession, eight states have reduced the number of weeks that people can draw benefits, while others have cut the amount of money the unemployed can collect.
The cutbacks generally are intended to help shore up unemployment insurance trust funds, which went insolvent in 35 states following the recession that began in 2008. The changes could save hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses that pay unemployment taxes.
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article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBLESS_BENEFITS_CUTTING_BACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-28-11-46-15)
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States traditionally have offered up to half a year of aid for the unemployed as they search for new jobs. But since the end of the Great Recession, eight states have reduced the number of weeks that people can draw benefits, while others have cut the amount of money the unemployed can collect.
The cutbacks generally are intended to help shore up unemployment insurance trust funds, which went insolvent in 35 states following the recession that began in 2008. The changes could save hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses that pay unemployment taxes.
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article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBLESS_BENEFITS_CUTTING_BACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-28-11-46-15)