Interactive Map: Many States Paring Back Unemployment Benefits
Updated June 24, 2011
Sources
The Herald: Benefits cut not way to fix jobless fund
Toledo Blade: Benefits cut short
Colorado Capitol Watch: Bill Detail: HB11-1288
The Bergen Record: Business leaders look for solution to unemployment fund
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development: Extended Benefits (EB) Program Expires
The Huffington Post: Extended Benefits: Confusion As Federal Jobless Aid Expires In Tennessee [UPDATE]
The Huffington Post: Extended Unemployment Benefits Expire In These States Next
Sun Sentinel: Florida Senate expected to vote on unemployment benefits bill Tuesday
Evansville Courier: GOP wraps classic session at Indiana General Assembly
New Jersey Newsroom: Gov. Christie signs Democratic-sponsored bill extending unemployment relief
Rockford Register Star: Illinois alters jobless fund strategy
The Huffington Post: Michigan Becomes First State To Curtail Jobless Aid
The Huffington Post: Missouri Following Michigan's Example On Cutting Unemployment Benefits
National Employment Law Project: Missouri Senate Adds Injury to Insult In Move to Cut Unemployment Insurance
The Huffington Post: N.C. Gov. Vetoes Controversial Unemployment Bill [UPDATE]
The Monitor: Nixon Signs Revised Unemployment Bill into Law
Bloomberg: No break for most SC employers in jobless tax bill
Office of Governor Bev Perdue: Press Release: Gov. Perdue intends to veto HB 383
Chicago Sun-Times: State businesses to see tax hike for jobless benefits
The Oregonian: Two bills extending benefits for long-term unemployed in Oregon clear final hurdle
The Huffington Post: Unemployment Benefits: As Other States Cut Back, Oregon Gives More
Politics Colorado: Unemployment Insurance reform bill moves forward
Associated Press: Utah refuses to extend unemployment benefits
Think Progress: Utah Republicans Cut Unemployment Insurance As ‘Motivation For People To Get Back To Work’
Sunshine State News: Unemployment Compensation Reforms Pass Senate
Associated Press: Plan To Soften South Carolina Jobless Tax Increase Gets OK
Associated Press: Unemployment Benefits Extended in Georgia
ABC News - KATV: Arkansas Cuts Back Time on Unemployment Benefits
Associated Press: Tenn. lawmakers OK budget, extend jobless benefits
WRAL: Perdue restores federal unemployment benefits; budget battle continues
Bloomberg: SC legislators approve unemployment benefit cuts
Associated Press: Extra unemployment benefits expiring in New Mexico
The Arizona Republic: Gov. Brewer calls special session on extended jobless benefits
WGAL: Deal Means Unemployed May Have To Prove They're Looking For Work
Orlando Sentinel: Bill reducing unemployment benefits on Gov. Scott's desk
Daily Hampshire Gazette: Benefits for jobless fall away as state unemployment rate inches down
Tulsa World: State unemployment benefits reducing triggered by lower jobless rate
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