R.I. jobless to benefit from federal stimulus bill
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More than 35,000 out-of-work Rhode Islanders could soon start receiving an extra $25 in their weekly unemployment benefit as a result of the federal economic stimulus bill that is close to approval. In addition, more than 16,000 Rhode Islanders who would have run out of their benefits later this year will be able to continue collecting as a result of the measure, state officials said today. The provisions would take effect shortly after the legislation is signed into law by President Obama, said Raymond A. Filippone, assistant director of the state Department of Labor and Training who oversees the state's unemployment insurance program. State officials are already preparing to put the measures into effect, Filippone said today in an interview at the Department of Labor and Training's headquarters in Cranston. Rhode Island's 10-percent unemployment rate is the highest in over 30 years and one of the highest in the nation. 
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