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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Extension of Unemployment Benefits – Colorado

Colorado jobless won’t get extension pay till Aug., By Allison Sherry, July 22, 2009, Denver Post: “Out-of-work Coloradans eligible for a 20-week extension in unemployment benefits will have to wait until the end of August to get paid, even though a new law providing those benefits took effect July 1, state officials said Tuesday. By August, between 5,000 and 6,000 people will be due money, said Steve Fowler, director of unemployment insurance at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment…”