CONCORD, N.H.—Unemployed workers in New Hampshire who are using up their unemployment benefits will be getting additional help.
Congress has approved legislation that extends the jobless benefits in every state for 14 additional weeks. Workers in states where the unemployment rate is at least 8.5 percent will get that extension, plus six more weeks of benefits.
Workers will be eligible if they have already used up their federal aid or will do so by the end of the year.
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch thanked Sen. Jeanne Shaheen for authoring the amendment extending the benefits in all 50 states.
The White House has announced that President Barack Obama will sign the bill Friday.
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On the Net: New Hampshire Employment Security, http://www.nh.gov/nhes
