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Minnesota jobless to see new federal benefits this week

It turns out there won't be a lapse in jobless benefits after all.

State officials nationwide, including at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), were expecting to see a one-week delay in the rollout of new and extended federal unemployment benefits authorized by the stimulus bill since it wasn't signed into law by President Donald Trump until Sunday, a couple of days after some of the programs had already expired.

But they were notified by the Department of Labor on Monday afternoon that the jobless programs, including a supplemental $300 a week in unemployment benefits, will be made effective this week. That means the additional funds could start showing up in out-of-work Minnesotans' accounts by next week.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-jobless-to-see-new-federal-benefits-this-week/573492662/

 

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