Unemployment Benefits End For Some Norwalk Residents Saturday

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- About 22,000 Connecticut residents will no longer receive unemployment benefits starting Saturday after Congress went into its year-end recess without extending the program, according to Boston.com.

About 22,000 Connecticut residents will see their unemployment benefits stop as of Saturday.
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by Eric Gendron

12/28/2013 1:30 p.m.

A total of 1.3 million Americans were on emergency unemployment insurance, which pays about $327 per week. That benefit has now expired.

Connecticut's unemployment rate is currently 7.6 percent, a bit above the national rate of 7 percent.

Read the full Boston.com report here.

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