NC jobless take on Perdue jobless benefits veto

Some of the 37,000 out-of-work people who just lost their extended unemployment benefits came to the state capitol Tuesday to protest the political faceoff between Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue that caused their loss. Perdue on Saturday vetoed legislation that would have kept benefit checks flowing, but only at the cost of her accepting a double-digit budget cut that Republican leaders wanted. She called that "extortion." GOP leaders said they combined the two issues...

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Unemployed NC residents plead with lawmakers to end stalemate.

RALEIGH — About a dozen unemployed North Carolina residents paraded in front of a legislative committee room Wednesday afternoon to ask lawmakers to end the stalemate that resulted in their jobless benefits ending almost two weeks ago. Some said that they had to borrow money from their children to put gasoline in their car. Some pointed fingers at state officials for not recognizing the problem that led to the need for a new law that would allow for the benefits to continue. “The only thing...

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