Government & Politics

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extended

WKMS | By The Associated Press,

Published January 4, 2013 at 6:49 AM CST

People getting federal extended unemployment benefits can continue claiming them for at least another year. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation program was set to expire Dec. 29, but Congress has extended the program through Jan. 1, 2014. About 30,000 Tennesseans and 24,000 Kentuckians receive the benefits. Congress created the EUC in 2008 to give unemployment benefits to those who had exhausted their state benefits.

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