New Unemployment Expansion Will Not Hurt SD

Now that the president has signed legislation creating a 14-week extension of unemployment benefits, the South Dakota Labor Department's unemployment insurance director, Don Kattke, says the additional benefits won't hurt the struggling state unemployment trust fund.

Kattke says the extra benefits are federally authorized so the government pays the tab.

He says the state handles the claims and pays the workers but the federal government ultimately pays the bill.

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