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Small Business Group Calls on Nevada Governor to End Federal Unemployment Benefits

Small Business Group Calls on Nevada Governor to End Federal Unemployment Benefits
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak speaks during a news conference on the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 17, 2020. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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Nevada’s largest small business group asked Gov. Steve Sisolak to stop accepting federal unemployment benefits in a letter it released on Thursday.

The National Federation of Independent Business Nevada (NFIB) argued in the letter, which was dated last Friday, that the combination of Nevada’s unemployment benefits and the federal benefits essentially pays an unemployed person $15 per hour to stay at home.
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