Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi latest to opt out of federal unemployment benefits Daniella Medina, Nashville Tennessean
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Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi are among the latest Southern states that announced they would be withdrawing from federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
The $300 unemployment checks, part of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, will be extended through Sept. 6 for states that do not withdraw.
Signed in March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded states ability to help workers previously ineligible for unemployment benefits through unemployment insurance. The act, signed into law by President Donald Trump that featured $600 weekly checks, was originally set to expire in December 2020 until President Joe Biden extended it as part of the American Rescue Plan, but with $300 in benefits.
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