Which states are ending weekly additional unemployment benefits on 12 June?
The CARES Act provided a boost to jobless support but GOP-led states have decided to withdraw from the programmes prematurely to encourage residents back to work.
MANDEL NGAN
AFP
federally-funded unemployment programmes which provide an extra boost for out-of-work residents.
The additional unemployment assistance was designed to provide extra support during the pandemic but the
Republican-led states have decided to end the programme nearly three months before it was scheduled to finish in September.
The first four states to withdraw from the programme will be
Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Missouri, who are set to do so on 12 June.
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