WREX.com – Rockford’s News LeaderExtra $25 unemployment insurance payment begins in March
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CHICAGO (WREX) - People receiving unemployment insurance benefits will start getting an extra $25 next week.
In most cases, the $25 will be paid through the end of 2009 or until weekly benefits are exhausted, whichever comes first.
"Anyone currently receiving benefits automatically will receive the additional $25," said Maureen O'Donnell, director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. "As jobless rates reach historic levels, we are redoubling our efforts to meet the needs of our customers in what certainly are very trying times for unemployed workers and their families."
The supplement is part of the stimulus package President Obama signed into law.
In December, Illinois' unemployment rate was 7.2%.
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