With Congress deadlocked over a new aid package, the weekly $600 federal unemployment benefit expires today. Many jobless Rhode Islanders are now wondering how they’re going to survive financially.
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Skyrocketing RI Unemployment Claims Due To Coronavirus Are Unprecedented In Recent History
Mounting unemployment claims in Rhode Island are unprecedented in recent history, representing an additional cost that will complicate the state’s effort to eventually recover from the economic fallout of the coronavirus. More than 6,000 people have filed for unemployment for each of the three first days of this work week, with the high (8,408) coming […]