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As many as 130,000 New Mexicans collecting unemployment benefits will see an extra $1,200 state stimulus in their payments during the week starting Monday.
The state Department of Workforce Solutions announced Friday the payments would be made to people who qualified for jobless benefits Nov. 22-28 or Nov. 29-Dec. 5, as well as to claimants who exhausted their benefits between Sept. 12 and Nov. 5.
The Worker Pandemic Benefit is part of the $330 million economic relief package passed Nov. 24 by the Legislature to help residents and small-business owners who have been squeezed by during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The money comes from the federal CARES Act that was distributed to states in spring.