Alabama Unemployment Benefits Increased

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG-TV
Published: February 27, 2009

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Unemployment benefits in Alabama are
going up by $25 a week, beginning next month.
The federal economic stimulus package provided money for all
states to raise their benefits through the end of the year. Gov.
Bob Riley has signed an agreement with the federal government to
make the increase available in Alabama.
State Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees says the
unemployed in Alabama should begin receiving the extra money on or
before March 27.
The increase will affect about 70,000 Alabamians currently
drawing regular unemployment benefits or extended emergency
benefits. A spokesman for the governor says Alabamians currently
drawing benefits do not have to do anything to receive the
increase.
It will boost the maximum weekly unemployment benefit in Alabama
from $255 to $280.

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