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So I just heard on the 10 o'clock news that Minnesotans will no longer be eligible for extended [View all]
unemployment benefits. This is because the state's official unemployment rate has dropped below 6.5%.
This would be good news if we all didn't know the actual unemployment rate is higher - it's bad news for anyone in the state who needs those benefits.
I wonder how much the fact that more and more people have hit even the extended benefit limit has to do with the supposed drop in unemployment?
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