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Extended Unemployment Benefits To Expire For 1,400

Vermont labor officials say hundreds of people could lose their unemployment benefits if Congress fails to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. The federal unemployment insurance program that has been providing additional weeks of benefits to the long-term unemployed is set to expire.
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Vt. Delegation Is Relieved By Supreme Court Decision

Vermont’s Congressional delegation expressed relief at Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, hoping to now focus on the implementation of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act without the cloud of legal uncertainty.