House bill adds to jobless benefits in 27 states

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no end in sight to the country's job market woes, the House has agreed to give the jobless in a majority of states another 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits....

By JIM ABRAMS

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what does that put it up to? here in Canada we get just over a year now.

 

Not sure. I've never been jobless.

 

26 weeks, if you work a minimum of 13 weeks in a calender year making more than $100.50/week (in Michigan; income requirements vary from state to state, I think)... if this is the first extension, that would make 39, but I can't be bothered to read the article right now.