Beyond Modernization: Unemployment Insurance in Mississippi
April 12th, 2010
While the recession of 2007 is technically over, its effects remain in Mississippi. In June 2010, over 145,000 Mississippians were unemployed. While the unemployment rate has declined moderately in recent months, it has steadily risen since the start of the recession.
Responding to the recession and the associated challenges of losing one’s job, the United States Congress passed and the President signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). As a result, Mississippians who lost their job through no fault of their own saw increases in the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) amount and received additional weeks for which they could receive UI payments.
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