States and Unemployment Benefits

Forget unemployment extensions, cutbacks more likely, By Sara Murray, April 5, 2011, Wall Street Journal: “State attempts to pare back unemployment and an improving economy are likely to lead to a much shorter span of unemployment benefits next year. A combination of state and federal programs has offered up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless Americans in the recession and subsequent recovery. That coverage is beginning to unwind as cash-strapped states move to reduce their share of benefits and other states become ineligible for federal programs…”