With a national unemployment rate of over 11 percent, many people, including thousands of Arkansans, are wondering what happens next as the pandemic unemployment benefit of an extra $600 a week runs out today and congressional lawmakers have yet to come together on what an extension of those benefits will look like.
Arkansans Wonder What's Next As $600 Pandemic Unemployment Benefit Ends
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics