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Benefits could expire for 12,200 Minnesota unemployed

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Unemployment insurance benefits will expire Saturday for thousands of out-of-work Minnesotans if Congress doesn't renew a program that gives extra aid to...

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Western Products moving into Baxter

...month. The maximum weekly benefit for new unemployment insurance benefit accounts will increase from $427 to $452...adjusted each year. People applying for unemployment insurance benefits receive a weekly benefit equal to 50 percent...

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Bush says he's focusing budget on economy and war against terrorism

...Americans, especially for those out of work," he said. "My economic plan proposes an additional 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for workers who have lost their jobs and direct assistance to protect their health insurance," he said...

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State raises unemployment compensation

...benefit for unemployment insurance compensation to $427 from $410, effective Tuesday. Applicants for unemployment insurance benefits receive half of their average weekly wage, up to the state maximum. That means to receive the new $427-a-week...

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Capitol notebook

...The fund could be drained within a year if the state went into a recession, said Lee Nelson, director of unemployment insurance benefits. VENTURA'S FREEDOM Airing his views on gun permits, wine in grocery stores, a Sunday car-sale ban...

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Increased wages mean increased jobless benefits

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The average weekly wage earned by Minnesota workers increased by $38 in 2000, so unemployment insurance benefits are also increasing, the Minnesota Department of Economic Security announced Monday. "Minnesotans can...

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Reversal of fortune

...of initial claims, or applications, for Unemployment Insurance benefits," the report stated. "UI initial claims...reported to be feeling the pinch the most with Unemployment Insurance benefits claims rising 200 to 590 percent when the...

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State will feel layoff pinch

...Guaranteed extension of medical benefits, more funding for the state's dislocated-worker program and letting unemployment insurance benefits take effect immediately, instead of after a week, were among the suggestions made by leaders of unions...

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Why unemployment is falling fast

...been induced to stay in the labor force because they are required to search for a job in order to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Those benefits were extended to a maximum period of 99 weeks in 2009.Second, as a result of the depth...

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