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Article: Minnesotans may miss out on extended jobless benefits; If the bill's unemployment threshold stands, more than 13,000 here will exhaust benefits by Dec. 31.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 26, 2009
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Byline: ERIC ROPER; STAFF WRITER
WASHINGTON - Leah Iversen is about to lose one of the biggest lifelines she has had in this downtrodden economy.
Once a library staffer at Macalester College, the 38-year-old St. Paul resident is now eight weeks away from exhausting all of her unemployment benefits. After that, she and her husband, who works at the University of Minnesota, will be forced to give up their rented apartment and move in with his parents.
If that happens, she will be among the 1,000 Minnesotans a week who reach the end of their unemployment benefits. If she lived in about 30 other states, her benefits would be extended 13 weeks by ...