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Whitmer signs bills to extend unemployment to 26 weeks

| October 21, 2020 10:27 AM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills to lengthen state unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, from 20 weeks, through the end of the year.

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