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North Carolina Democrats Renew Push to Expand Unemployment Benefits

North Carolina Democrats Renew Push to Expand Unemployment Benefits
An unemployment benefits extension will not apply for Nevadans that have exhausted benefits. Above, job-seekers wait in line for assistance at a government-run employment center, in Las Vegas, Nev. on Nov. 9. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
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North Carolina Democrats are part of a group calling for a reform of the state’s unemployment system in the wake of federal pandemic unemployment benefits ending.

Sen. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, and advocates from the North Carolina State AFL-CIO and the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center urged the General Assembly on Monday to pass legislation to raise the amount and the duration of unemployment benefits in North Carolina.

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