Oklahoma commission extends unemployment aid

 
Debbie Blossom, Business Writer | Published: July 9, 2009   

For the third time in the past year, unemployment benefits have been extended, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced Wednesday.

The latest benefit extension for eligible Oklahomans who have exhausted their unemployment claims is being funded from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009, and provides up to 13 weeks of additional benefits, said John Carpenter with the commission. The provision to extend benefits payments was included in the act to handle the continuing rise in unemployment nationwide, he said.

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"We’ve known this was a possibility for awhile,” he said. "And it’s certainly good news for the people it applies to.”

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