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That means that most of you who are eligible for regular unemployment insurance, as well as those who are eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Insurance (PUA) a program that helps the self-employed, contractors, gig workers and others who weren t eligible for regular unemployment can get an extra $300 per week in jobless benefits. This $300 will be added to the unemployment check you already get from your state through March 14.
A number of states including New York, California and Texas have already begun paying the benefits. You can check the status of your state s benefits here. Haven t seen your money yet? Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project, says it could take two to three more weeks before you see the payments as states struggle to reprogram their unemployment benefit systems.
Provided by Dow Jones By Catey Hill, MarketWatch This Virginia couple retired to the Caribbean island of Bequia and opened an art gallery Nestled in her 1960s hillside home perched high above the glittering sea, Julie Lea awakens each morning to the sound of rustling palms, chirping birds and the gentle bleating of goats that wander a nearby farm. Vibrant flowers burst from the gardens surrounding her home, and if she s up early enough to see the sunrise which she often is these days she watches from her terrace as the West Indian sky goes from black to grey to an eruption of pinks, oranges and yellows.
Provided by Dow Jones By Catey Hill, MarketWatch She moved to a beautiful, laid-back island in 2013 and now, for a surprising reason, she s returning to North America Marlene Mar Houghton never wanted a conventional life. Adventure that s what makes my heart sing, the now-63-year-old, former British Columbia resident tells MarketWatch. So when she happened across a story online about Belize being the next hot retirement destination about seven years ago, she almost immediately booked a flight. I got to Belize and fell in love. It s raw not like Hawaii or Mexico people are very nice, it s English-speaking. I just found it so fascinating and thought this might be an interesting place to do a coffee shop, Houghton tells MarketWatch, adding that she d wanted to open a coffee shop abroad for years because she d found it was often hard to find a good cup of coffee when traveling.